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Ricardo Barretto Ferreira da Silva

Authors of Brazil chapter in the Media Law and Regulation guide published by Lexology

Our TMT practice leader and senior partner, Ricardo Barretto Ferreira, with contribution of partner Danielle Cavalcante, the Privacy and Data Protection coordinator Lorena Pretti Serraglio and associate Sylvia Elgg are the authors of Brazil chapter in the Media Law and...

Telecommunications Services x VAS x PMS x MVNO – Administrative Litigation at Anatel

Against the background of the difficulties imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Brazilian government enacted Law No. 14,172, dated June 10, 2021 (Law No. 14,172/2021), which provided for the guarantee of internet access to students and teachers of public basic education, in an...

Brazil chapter: Data Protection & Cybersecurity | The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides

Our TMT practice leader and senior partner, Ricardo Barreto Ferreira, with contribution of the Privacy and Data Protection coordinator Lorena Pretti Serraglio and the associates Ingrid B. Santos, Bruna Bigas and Carolina Perdomo are the authors of the Brazil chapter in the Data...

Anatel’s 2023-2024 Tactical Management Plan

The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), the regulatory body for Brazilian telecommunications, recently published its 2023-2024 Tactical Management Plan, in which, in its own words, “it seeks to exemplify what the Agency understands as fundamental for the...

TMT 2023 - Chambers Global

Our TMT team, lead by the senior partner Ricardo Barretto Ferreira, with the Privacy and Data Protection coordinator, Lorena Pretti Serraglio, the associate Sylvia von Elgg and Juliana Sene Ikeda, who was then part of the Life Sciences team, are the authors of the chapter...

Digital Health Laws and Regulations Brazil 2023

Our senior partner and head of the TMT team, Ricardo Barretto is the main author of the chapter Brazil in Digital Health 2023, published by the ICLG.com. The Privacy and Data Protection coordinator, Lorena Pretti Serraglio and Juliana Sene Ikeda, who was then part of the Life...

Brazilian Data Protection Authority can start applying sanctions

In Brazil, the General Data Protection Act (LGPD – Law No. 13.709/2018) has been fully in force since August, 2021. However, the Regulatory Authority was unable to apply the financial fines and other administrative sanctions (such as warnings, suspensions and processing...

In a nutshell: Data protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity in Brazil

The concept of protection of privacy is not an innovation in Brazil. The privacy, private life, honour and image of individuals were considered as inviolable as well as fundamental rights by the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988 (the Brazilian Federal...
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