The Brazilian law firm BMA Advogados reports that the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority adopted a landmark and long-awaited regulation for the enforcement of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law.
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CIPL Publishes Ten Recommendations for Regulating AI in Brazil
On October 4, 2022, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth published a white paper outlining 10 key recommendations for regulating artificial intelligence in Brazil. …
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CIPL Submits Response to New Brazilian Data Protection Authority’s First Public Consultation on SMEs
On March 1, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted a response to the new Brazilian data protection authority’s call for preliminary inputs on the impact of the Brazilian data protection law on small and medium-sized enterprises. …
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Brazilian Data Protection Authority Publishes Regulatory Strategy for 2021 – 2023
On January 28, 2021, international Data Privacy Day, the newly formed Brazilian data protection authority published its regulatory strategy for 2021-2023 and work plan for 2021-2022 (in Portuguese). This post includes an overview of both strategies, as well as details about the newly formed authority.
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Brazil Nominates Directors of the Brazil Data Protection Authority; Senate Approval Pending
On October 15, 2020, Brazil’s President Bolsonaro officially nominated the five Directors of the new Brazilian data protection authority, as published in the Brazilia Official Journal. The Decree establishing the ANPD is now fully in effect; however, all five nominations still need to be approved by the Brazilian Senate.
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BREAKING: Brazilian Data Protection Law in Effect
On September 18, 2020, Brazil’s President signed a bill from Brazil’s Congress bringing the new Brazilian data protection law into effect with a retroactive applicability date of August 16, 2020.
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CIPL Releases Paper on Top Priorities for Implementation of the Brazil LGPD
On September 1, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth and the Centro de Direito, Internet e Sociedade of Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público released a new paper on the “Top Priorities for Public and Private Organizations to Effectively Implement the New Brazilian General Data Protection Law.” This blog entry highlights the 12 priorities that organizations subject to the LGPD should consider to effectively implement the law.
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Brazilian Presidency Publishes Decree Establishing the New Data Protection Authority
On August 27, 2020, the Brazilian Presidency published Decree 10.474/2020 in the Official Journal, approving the regulatory structure of the new Brazilian data protection authority and establishing its roles.
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BREAKING: Brazilian Data Protection Law Will Soon Come Into Effect
On August 26, 2020, the Brazilian Senate unexpectedly rejected the President’s Provisional Measure that was previously passed by the House of Representatives and aimed to postpone the applicability of the new Brazilian data protection law. …
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Brazilian Minister Says Decree to Create Data Protection Authority is Ready for Publication
On August 20, 2020, Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic, Jorge Antônio de Oliveira Francisco, announced that the administrative decree to create the new Brazilian data protection authority is ready and may be published at any time, after final technical adjustments are made. …
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