06Aug 2018
After the Brazilian Supreme Court overturned all the preliminary injunctions that prevented the conclusion of the agreement between Telebras and Viasat to take broadband internet to places devoid of telecommunications infrastructure, using the geostationary communications...
06Aug 2018
The Personal Data Commission of the Prosecutor Office of the Federal District and Territories (MPDFT) filed a Public Civil Action against Banco Inter S/A, requesting that the bank be ordered to pay R$ 10 million for failing to take the necessary precautions to ensure security...
31Jul 2018
Published last July 9th at the Federal Official Gazette (D.O.U), Provisional Measure # 844/2018 aims at updating the legal framework for basic sanitation in Brazil by proposing amendments to Law # 9984/2000 (which provides for the organization of the National Water Department...
31Jul 2018
SÃO PAULO, July 31, 2018 | The purpose of our seminar is to discuss the new Brazilian Data Protection Law, recently approved by the Federal Senate, going through the main points and adequacy measures to be implemented by...
30Jul 2018
A survey from IBM Security looked into the financial impact of data violations in companies considering several cost drivers, including technical investigations, recovery, notifications, legal and regulatory activities, costs with loss of business and reputation. According to...
30Jul 2018
According to a survey performed by TIC Domicílios released by the Internet Management Committee (CGI.br), access to Internet started to grow again in Brazilian homes, with a total of 42,1 million homes (61% of residences) and 120,7 million Brazilians connected in 2017, of...
30Jul 2018
Facial recognition technologies are becoming more commercially viable thanks to lower systems costs and advances in artificial intelligence. On July 20, the Brazilian Credit Protection Service (SPC) released a service that allows store owners to check the identity of consumers...
30Jul 2018
The Brazilian Prosecutors’ Office from Federal District and Territories (MPDFT) opened a Civil Inquiry to investigate how YouTube processes private information of Brazilian children. According to MPDFT, the platform does not provide any form of confirmation of legal parental...