News & Recent Work

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...

MPDFT files a Public Civil Action and requires telecommunication company to prepare and deliver a Data Protection Impact Assessment

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...

Final Report issued by the Joint Committee under Provisional Act 869/2018

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...

Public Hearings of MP Nº869/18

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...

Public Hearings in the National Congress on Provisional Act 869/18

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...

What to expect from the Joint Committee that will analyze the Provisional Act on the General Law of Data Protection?

TMT Team of Azevedo Sette Advogados, Ricardo Barretto Ferreira, Juliana Sene Ikeda, Lorena Pretti Serraglio, Vitor Koketu, Isabella Aragão | The public hearings that are debating the General Law for Data Protection ("LGPD"), Law Nº 13.709/2018, and its amendments introduced...

2018 and the focus on privacy and data protection

The year of 2018 was outstanding for the regulatory framework governing privacy and data protection, in Brazil and in the world....

National authorities, regulations and laws

The Personal Data Protection Committee is an initiative of the Public Attorneys’ Office of the Federal District and Territories. Based on constitutional roles of the Parquet itself, it has been acting in several incidents with grounds on seven pillars:...
prev next