TikTok may have collected data on 20 percent of Brazil’s children, ANPD says
By Henrique Santiago ( August 25, 2026, 15:57 GMT | Insight) -- Brazil’s privacy regulator has fined TikTok 153.7 million reais ($30 million), alleging failures to protect minors’ data under the General Data Protection Law. The agency investigated allegations that TikTok allowed minors to access the platform and that it processed their personal data for targeted advertising.TikTok may have collected data on 20 percent of Brazilian children over the course of a year, according to Brazil’s National Data Protection Agency (ANPD), which fined the platform 153.7 million reais ($30 million) over failures to protect minors’ data under the General Data Protection Law (LGPD)....
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