--- title: "Article 28 — Online protection of minors" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065" source_retrieved: 2026-09-29 shortTitle: "Article 28 — Online protection of minors" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2022/2065" instrument: dsa celex: "32022R2065" regulation: DSA regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2022/2065" article: 28 status: in_force object_id: eu.dsa.legal_text.article.28 text_version: "Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj/eng" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj/eng)* 1. Providers of online platforms accessible to minors shall put in place appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety, and security of minors, on their service. 2. Providers of [online platform](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/dsa/online-platform) shall not present advertisements on their interface based on profiling as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 using personal data of the [recipient of the service](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/dsa/recipient-of-the-service) when they are aware with reasonable certainty that the recipient of the service is a minor. 3. Compliance with the obligations set out in this Article shall not oblige providers of online platforms to process additional personal data in order to assess whether the recipient of the service is a minor. 4. The Commission, after consulting the Board, may issue guidelines to assist providers of online platforms in the application of paragraph 1. ## Related Level 2 and Level 3 ### Guidance and Q&A - [C/2025/5519 — Guideline — Minors online \[final\]](../level-3/guidelines/commission-c-2025-5519-minors-online.md) *** [Chapter III — Due diligence obligations for a transparent and safe online environment](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 27](27.md) · [Article 29 →](29.md)