The National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) has launched an online channel for children, young people and citizens to report illicit sharing or improper access to personal data from minors, such as photos and videos.
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18/09/2026
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Lusa
A opening a “priority channel of interaction” on the CNDP website, available online since tuesday and easy to fill, aims to facilitate the access of the younger to the Commission in order to allow effective action against the dissemination of sensitive content, regarding personal data of children and young people, Lusa said today to CNPD president Paula Meira Lourenço.
This new means can be used by children, young people and any citizen who detects the illicit sharing of these contents, assuming the participations/complaints an urgent nature when involving improper access to data from minors, collection and dissemination of image/sound with sensitive content/violence, without consent, and advertising directed to minors.
This channel was dimensioned in the context of bilateral cooperation between the Data Protection Authorities of Portugal and Spain, and the first contribution was made at the Iberian Meeting between the two Authorities, which took place in November 2023.
“ We wanted to open the Channel to receive the Iberian Meeting that took place on 16 and 17 September, between APED – Associação Portuguesa de Empresas de Distribuição and CNPD, and that took place in the Assembly of the Republic ", highlighted Paula Meira Lourenço.
The new channel will allow CNPD to order the immediate elimination of content, as a precautionary measure, without prejudice to coordination with the prosecutor and criminal police agencies.