Tag: Brazil
UPDATE: Brazil’s Data Protection Law Moves Forward
The final version of Brazil’s data protection law, Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), was approved by the Brazilian Federal Senate in May 2019 and sanctioned by President Jair Bolsonaro in July. The LGPD is now scheduled to become effective in August 2020. When the LGPD was first approved […]
Brazil’s New Data Protection Law: The LGPD
Updated September 3, 2019 Our post on key updates to the LGPD can be found here The global data protection landscape continues to evolve, and Brazil is the latest country to enact an omnibus law governing how organizations collect, use, disclose and otherwise process personal data. Beginning on August 16, […]