HungaryEkertv. Sections 15/D and 15/F, Video-Sharing Platform Age Verification and Parental Control
In force since .
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of .
What it requires
- If you provide a video-sharing platform established in Hungary, apply the measures and technical solutions of Section 15/F wherever content is capable of harming the physical, mental, spiritual or moral development of minors (Section 15/D(1)).
- Provide effective age verification, resting on checking the real age of the platform's users, that can in practice ensure minors do not normally hear or see the harmful content (Section 15/F(2) and (3)).
- Provide a parental control system under the user's supervision (Section 15/F(2)).
- Apply the strictest access restriction to the most harmful content (Section 15/F(4)).
- Do not let these measures amount to prior control of content or to filtering of uploads that does not comply with the Act (Section 15/F(5)).
- Do not process the personal data of minors collected or generated to apply these measures for commercial purposes such as direct marketing, profiling or behavior-based targeted advertising (Section 15/F(6)).
If you get it wrong
Penalty structure
Section 15/I(2)(c): for an infringement of Sections 15/D to 15/H the Office may impose a fine of up to one hundred million forints; it may also order the service suspended for between fifteen minutes and one week (Section 15/I(2)(d)).
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- HUF
- Fixed cap
- 100,000,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Hivatala (Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority)
What it reaches
Covered services
Video-sharing platform providers established in Hungary, or treated as established there under Section 1(1a) to (1d) of the Act
Obligation class
Age verification
What this law does
Section 15/D(1) of the e-commerce act makes a video-sharing platform provider apply the measures and technical solutions of Section 15/F where content is capable of harming the physical, mental, spiritual or moral development of minors. Under Section 15/F(2), the provider must provide effective age verification and a parental control system under the user's supervision.
Under Section 15/F(3), age verification and the parental control system are effective only if they rest on checking the real age of the platform's users and can actually ensure that minors do not normally hear or see the harmful content. Section 15/F(4) requires the strictest access restriction for the most harmful content.
Section 15/F(6) bars processing the personal data of minors collected or generated to apply these measures for commercial purposes such as direct marketing, profiling and behavior-based targeted advertising. The Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority supervises compliance with Sections 15/D to 15/H in the exercise of its official powers. Act XXIV of 2020, which inserted these provisions, took effect on . Providers were required to meet the obligations that Act created within 150 days following its entry into force.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app publishes adult content.