23Sep 2019
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...
23Sep 2019
The Federal District´s State Attorneys’ Office filed Public Civil Suit against the Federal Union and Ceará’s AMS (Autarquia Municipal de Trânsito – Municipal Traffic, Public Services and Citizenship Authority)....
06Aug 2019
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...
06Aug 2019
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...
06Aug 2019
By Ricardo Barretto, Juliana Ikeda, Lorena Pretti, Vitor Koketu and Isabella Aragão | The Public Prosecution Service of the Federal District and Territories (MPDFT), through the Special Unit for Protection of Personal Data and Artificial Intelligence (ESPEC), innovated by...
15May 2019
Based on the opinions and positions expressed in the four (4) public hearings regarding Provisional Act (MP) nº 869/18, the Rapporteur of the Joint Committee for the appraisal of this legal document prepared a legislative report (Draft Law on Conversion - PLV), presenting his...
26Apr 2019
Continuing the series of studies and follow-up of the Public Hearings held in the scope of analysis of Provisional Act nº 869/2018, the third meeting, held on 04/16/2019, addressed the subject "Data processing in the private sector, automated treatment and the Right to...
17Apr 2019
On 09/04/2019, the first public hearing of the Joint Committee of Provisional Act 869/18 ("MP 869/18") was held to discuss the topic "National Data Protection Authority: institutional design and models of governance, competencies and attributions for a National Data Protection...