Ricardo Barretto Ferreira da Silva
14Aug 2020
The State of Pernambuco, on August 6, published the Decree No. 49,265/2020, which instituted the State Policy for Personal Data Protection of the State Executive Branch in accordance with Federal Law No. 13,709/2018 (“LGPD”). The Decree establishes the Four-Year Strategic...
14Aug 2020
On August 11, Ordinance No. 283/2020 of the National Supplementary Health Agency (“ANS”) was published in the Brazilian Official Gazette, which appointed the servant Luiz Gustavo Meira Homrich to exercise the function of Data Protection Officer (DPO), as provided for in the...
12Aug 2020
“Cross-ownership" is understood as the control and concentration of several media channels by the same company or group of companies. Although its restriction is based on a noble value of protection of competition and competitiveness - since the simultaneous holding, by the...
05Aug 2020
After the drafting of the Constitutional Amendment No. 8/1995 to the Brazilian Federal Constitution, it was crystallized the break of the monopoly that reserved the exploitation of telecommunications services for companies under state shareholding control, allowing the...
29Jul 2020
Due to factors such as technological evolution, economic globalization and the speed of changes in the market and of the needs of users and consumers, the Brazilian telecommunications sector went through a process of market opening in the 90’s, reaching its peak in 1997/1998,...
22Jul 2020
In response to the occurrence of inappropriate conduct by telecommunications service providers, in violation of the applicable legal, regulatory or contractual provisions - related to quality of service, availability of service to the public, interconnection and remuneration of...
20Jul 2020
On July 10, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”), an independent European body that contributes to the application of personal data protection rules, published the final version of the Guidelines No. 5 of the year 2019 on the requirements and conditions for the...
20Jul 2020
On July 16, the Court of Justice of the European Union deemed as invalid the international data transfer mechanism called privacy shield between the European Union and the United States, on the grounds of insufficient minimum guarantees for data processing by the USA, including...