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Legal insecurity delays investments to bring the internet to all

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...

Brazilian Prosecutor Office files lawsuit against Banco Inter S/A for personal data leak

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...

New basic sanitation framework in Brazil

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...

SP | Seminar | Brazilian Data Protection Law

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...

IBM Survey: Costs with data violations in Brazil fall but country is the most likely to suffer attacks from hackers among surveyed

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...

Access to broadband Internet grows again in Brazilian homes

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...

Facial recognition technologies become popular and raise discussions

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...

Brazilian Prosecutors’ Office opens a Civil Inquiry involving YouTube

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...
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