News & Recent Work

News ASA

IDEC notifies Dataprev to suspend bidding process for the acquisition of facial recognition technology

Dataprev – a public company responsible for Brazilian´s data security and social security information – was notified by the Brazilian Institute of Consumer Protection (IDEC). IDEC´s aim is suspension of the company´s bidding process...

Procon fines Google and Apple for face-aging app

The foundation from São Paulo, Procon (Consumer Protection and Defense Program), applied a fine of R$ 9.9 million to Google and another of R$ 7.7 million to Apple for violating the Brazilian Consumer Defense Code by making the application “FaceApp”...

Anatel holds a public hearing to discuss reduction of Internet of Things (IoT) barriers

The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) held a public hearing at its headquarters to discuss the possibility of reducing regulatory barriers regarding the expansion of Internet of Things – IoT apps (machine to machine communication) in Brazil – related to quality...

Azevedo Sette is Top Tier Firm in The Legal 500 2019 Brazil

Azevedo Sette is recognized as leading law firm in Compliance, Competition and Antitrust, Corporate M&A, Dispute Resolution (including White-Collar crime), Energy and Natural Resources: Mining, Environment, Insurance, International Trade and Customs, Labour and Employment,...

Azevedo Sette was recognized by Chambers Latin America 2020 guide as reference in several practices

Azevedo Sette was recognized by Chambers Latin America guide as reference in several...

Azevedo Sette recognized in LACCA Approved 2020

Azevedo Sette Advogados has 14 partners recognized as reference in Corporate M&A, Arbitration, Litigation, Tax, Intellectual Property, Administrative Law, Anti-corruption e Compliance, Intellectual Property Law, and Tax practices in internacional legal guide LACCA Approved,...

Decree nº 9.936/19 regulates the law that instituted Positive Credit Registry, establishing its guidelines

Decree nº 9.936/19, published in the Federal Official Gazette on July 25, 2019, regulated Law nº 12.414/11, which instituted the Positive Credit Registry - that is, the formation and consultation of databases with citizen information - in order to establish guidelines for...

EU Court of Justice rules that companies using a “like” button linked to Facebook must answer for data to users.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on July 29, 2019, that companies that embed the Facebook "like" button on their websites, allowing their users personal data to be transferred to the North American social network, could be held liable for data collection. The ruling...
prev next