Common European framework
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) — the EU-wide data protection regulation; Article 8 sets the age of digital consent — 16 by default, and each country may lower it to no less than 13.
- UK GDPR, Article 8 — in the United Kingdom the retained version of the GDPR applies together with the Data Protection Act 2018; the age of digital consent is 13.
Country by country (EEA + United Kingdom)
| Country | Age of digital consent (GDPR Art. 8) | Image-rights norm | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 13 | Código Civil, art. 79.º («Direito à imagem») | pgdlisboa.pt |
| Spain | 14 | Ley Orgánica 1/1982, art. 7.5–7.6 | boe.es |
| France | 15 | No separate statute — case law: Code civil, art. 9 | cnil.fr |
| Italy | 14 | Legge 633/1941, art. 96–97 · Codice civile, art. 10 | normattiva.it |
| Germany | 16 | KunstUrhG, §22 | gesetze-im-internet.de |
| Netherlands | 16 | Auteurswet, art. 21 | wetten.overheid.nl |
| Ireland | 16 | No separate norm — GDPR | revisedacts.lawreform.ie |
| Belgium | 13 | Code de droit économique, art. XI.174 | ejustice.just.fgov.be |
| Luxembourg | 16 | Loi du 11 août 1982, art. 2 · Loi du 8 juin 2004, art. 15 | legilux.public.lu |
| Austria | 14 | Urheberrechtsgesetz, §78 | ris.bka.gv.at (OGD) |
| Lithuania | 14 | Civilinis kodeksas, 2.22 str. („Teisė į atvaizdą“) | e-seimas.lrs.lt |
| Poland | 16 | Ustawa o prawie autorskim i prawach pokrewnych (1994), art. 81 | dziennikustaw.gov.pl |
| Latvia | 13 | No separate norm — GDPR | likumi.lv |
| Estonia | to be confirmed | Võlaõigusseadus, §1046 | Isikuandmete kaitse seadus (2018), §8 |
| Czechia | 15 | Občanský zákoník (89/2012 Sb.), §84–85 | uoou.gov.cz |
| Slovakia | to be confirmed | Občiansky zákonník (40/1964 Zb.), §11–12 | slov-lex.sk |
| Hungary | 16 | Ptk. (2013. évi V. törvény), 2:48. § | naih.hu |
| Slovenia | 15 | No separate norm — GDPR | uradni-list.si |
| Croatia | 16 | No separate norm — GDPR | narodne-novine.nn.hr |
| Romania | 16 | Codul civil (Legea 287/2009), art. 73 | Legea nr. 190/2018 |
| Bulgaria | 14 | Конституция на Република България, чл. 32(2) · ЗАПСП, чл. 13 | government.bg |
| Greece | 15 | No separate norm — GDPR | dpa.gr |
| Cyprus | 14 | No separate norm — GDPR | cylaw.org |
| Malta | 13 | No separate norm — GDPR | idpc.org.mt |
| Denmark | 15 | No separate norm — GDPR | retsinformation.dk |
| Sweden | 13 | Lag (1978:800) om namn och bild i reklam, 1 § | riksdagen.se |
| Finland | 13 | No separate norm — GDPR | valtioneuvosto.fi |
| Iceland | 13 | No separate norm — GDPR | althingi.is |
| Liechtenstein | 16 | No separate norm — GDPR | gesetze.li |
| Norway | 13 | Åndsverkloven, § 104 «Retten til eget bilde» | lovdata.no |
| United Kingdom | 13 | No separate statute — case law: misuse of private information | legislation.gov.uk |