Brazil child online safety law creates new way to fine tech giants
By Henrique Santiago ( January 21, 2026, 20:18 GMT | Comment) -- Brazil's new ECA Digital law establishes two types of fines, enabling the Brazilian privacy watchdog to impose stricter financial penalties on companies and to move beyond an educational approach to regulation. In its five years of operation, Brazil’s privacy watchdog has been more advisory than punitive in its approach. The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has imposed only a single fine on a small company....
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