EU KIDS Act – Proposal for a Regulation, COM(2026) 681 final – Article 15 – Obligations for providers of online games
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Article 15Obligations for providers of online games
Proposal (not yet law)
This is the text proposed by the European Commission on 17 September 2026 (COM(2026) 681 final, procedure 2026/0286(COD)). It has not been adopted and has no legal effect. The European Parliament and the Council may amend it, so the final wording and numbering may differ. Follow the procedure on EUR-Lex.
1. Providers of online games shall put in place measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security of minors. Those measures shall include at least the following:
- (a)ensuring that compulsive or excessive use of the game by minors is not encouraged, by applying Article 9(1) and Article 9(2), points (b) and (d);
- (b)ensuring settings of minors are set to a high level of privacy, security and safety, by applying Article 11(1);
- (c)ensuring contacts between minors and other recipients of the game are subject to a high level of privacy, security and safety, by applying Article 12(1) and 12(3), points (c);
- (d)ensuring mandatory access to the tools for guardians referred to in Article 20 and ensuring that access to services referred to in paragraph 1 for minors below the age of 13 years is only enabled and controlled by means of the tools for guardians referred to in Article 20.
2. Providers of online games shall put in place safeguards to prevent the game from being used to entice minors to initiate contacts on other services which may pose a risk to their privacy, safety and security.
3. Where providers of video gaming platforms provide recipients of the service with the possibility to create and upload video games on the service itself, such video gaming platforms shall put in place the necessary software and organisational measures to allow compliance of such video games with paragraphs 1 and 2 and Article 18 and Article 20.
4. Providers of online games that adhere to a code of conduct assessed as adequate by the Commission in accordance with Article 17 may rely upon such adherence to demonstrate compliance with the obligations set out in this Article.
https://kids-act.digiphile.law/article/article-15.html
Text as at 7 October 2026.
This is an unofficial convenience version of the European Commission’s proposal for the EU KIDS Act (COM(2026) 681 final), which is not yet law. It is presented “as is” without guarantee of accuracy, completeness or reliability. See the source text for the official version. This site was last updated in October 2026.