The Brazilian Data Protection Agency (ANPD) initiated, on June 10, 2026, monitoring of app store and operating system providers to assess the implementation of age assurance mechanisms and age signal functionalities required under the Digital ECA (Law No. 15,211/2025) and Decree No. 12,880/2026. At this stage, the monitoring effort is focused on Apple (App Store), Google (Google Play Store), and Microsoft (Windows).
The prioritization of these players was no coincidence. App stores and operating systems serve as foundational infrastructure within the digital ecosystem, acting as the gateway through which most users, including children and adolescents, access digital products and services, thereby playing a central role in the implementation of age assurance and parental supervision mechanisms. Moreover, market concentration in these segments allows regulatory action targeting a limited number of players to generate wide-ranging effects on the digital ecosystem accessed by minors in Brazil.
The obligation under enforcement is based on Article 12 (III) of the Digital ECA and Article 25 of Decree No. 12,880/2026, which require providers of app stores and operating systems to make age signals available, through secure and privacy-preserving interfaces, to providers of information technology products and services directed at, or likely to be accessed by, children and adolescents. The monitoring process will be guided by ANPD’s publication “Reliable Age Assurance Mechanisms: Preliminary Guidance.” The notified companies have 15 business days to provide information regarding their system architecture, data flows, age assurance mechanisms, internal policies, and other elements capable of demonstrating compliance with both the Digital ECA and Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (LGPD).