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Ricardo Barretto Ferreira da Silva

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...

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...

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...

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...

ICANN announces new guidelines on GDPR compliance

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the European Data Protection Board have discussed the impacts of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the WHOIS...

Website is investigated by Public Prosecutor Office on illegal sale of personal data

The website www.tudosobretodos.se (everything about everyone) is being investigated by the Public Prosecutor Office of the Federal District and Territories for the illegal sale of personal...

European Data Protection Board publishes new directive on GDPR

New Guideline addresses the international transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Union that do not have an adequate level of data...

Facial recognition at the heart of discussions on the right to privacy

In the opinion of Microsoft President, Brad Smith, government must regulate technology to define its role in society, preventing companies and public officials from using it...
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