Internet & Online Safety · Andorra
Online safety & content laws in Andorra (2026)
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Andorra, a non-EU/EEA microstate, has no comprehensive online safety law equivalent to the EU DSA or UK OSA. Its online regulatory framework is partial: a GDPR-aligned data-protection law (LQPD, 2021) covers personal data and cookie consent; a Digital Economy Law (2022) frames e-commerce activity; and a 2025–2026 legislative initiative specifically restricts social media access for under-16s with mandatory age verification and content filtering. The EU DSA does not apply directly, though a pending EU–Andorra Association Agreement may eventually extend single-market digital obligations.
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Andorra is neither an EU nor EEA member, so the EU Digital Services Act does not bind Andorran-established entities or apply domestically. A negotiated EU–Andorra Association Agreement (Council Decision (EU) 2025/2610) is advancing but requires ratification by all EU member states and an Andorran referendum before single-market digital rules would become binding.
Llei 29/2021 del 28 d'octubre, Qualificada de Protecció de Dades Personals, in force since May 2022, closely mirrors the EU GDPR. It grants data-subject rights, imposes controller obligations, and regulates cookie consent. The APDA supervises compliance and may impose fines up to €100,000 for very serious violations.
Llei 42/2022 of 1 December 2022, on digital economy, entrepreneurship and innovation, establishes Andorra's framework for e-commerce and information-society services. It is primarily economic in orientation and does not impose DSA-style content-moderation, algorithmic-transparency, or platform-liability obligations.
The Andorran government approved a bill in early 2026 amending the Qualified Law on the Rights of Children and Adolescents, prohibiting minors under 16 from accessing social networks deemed harmful to their development, requiring robust age verification, mandating parental authorisation for non-banned platforms, and setting age-specific daily screen time limits. Andorra Telecom must configure SIM cards for minors with default content filters. Data protection experts and Andorra Telecom have flagged feasibility and privacy concerns.
In February 2025 the ITU published a National Child Online Protection Assessment for Andorra, evaluating legal, technical, and institutional safeguards for minors online. Andorra has also participated in Council of Europe child online protection forums and joined the international INHOPE network for combating child sexual abuse material.
Andorra has no domestic law imposing DSA-style obligations on online platforms regarding content moderation, algorithmic transparency, or illegal-content removal. Platform liability for third-party content is addressed only indirectly through general civil and penal law; a sector-specific regime does not yet exist.
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