Brazilian DPA publishes the Second Half-yearly Monitoring Report on 2023-2024 Regulatory Agenda
On January 31, 2024, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (“Brazilian DPA” or “Authority”) released the Second Half-yearly Monitoring and Execution Report of the Authority’s Regulatory Agenda for the 2023-2024 biennium (“Report”) regarding the second semester of 2023. The Report details the progress of the Agenda’s projects and presents the statistics on society’s participation in the […]
ANPD announces a Public Hearing on the Guideline for Anonymization and Pseudonymization
On January 30, 2024, the National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) announced a Public Hearing regarding a soon-to-be published Guideline on the use of anonymization and pseudonymization techniques for personal data processing, in compliance with the LGPD. The Guideline in development aims to clarify the characteristics and parameters to be evaluated for the […]
Brazilian DPA establishes a new electronic system for its administrative procedures
On January 16, 2024, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (“Brazilian DPA” or “Authority”) announced that it has implemented a new electronic process system, called SUPER/ANPD. After this date, all Brazilian DPA’s administrative procedures will exclusively be processed through the new system. Administrative procedures currently underway within the Authority have been migrated to the SUPER/ANPD system. […]
Map of Priority Themes for years 2024-2025 published by the Brazilian DPA
On December 13, 2023, the National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) released the first version of its Map of Priority Themes (“Map”) for the years 2024-2025, outlining the themes that will be considered as priorities in the Authority’s studies for the following biennium. According to the Map, the ANPD’s activity will have four […]
Second Monitoring Cycle Report released by the Brazilian DPA
On December 08, 2023, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (“Brazilian DPA” or “ANPD”) released the second Monitoring Cycle Report (“RCM”) of the General Supervisory Office (“CGF”) containing an assessment of the supervisory activities of the first semester of 2023, summarizing the main results of the area, and providing guidelines for the next monitoring cycle. According […]
ANPD announces public hearing on the regulation of international transfers of personal data
On August 14, 2023, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) announced the Public Hearing No. 2 on the Draft Resolution on the Regulation of International Transfers of Personal Data and the Model of Standard Contractual Clauses. Within the scope of international transfers, the draft released by the ANPD includes definitions, general requirements, characterization of international […]
ANPD assesses Threads’ compliance with LGPD
The Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) recently issued a Report stating that its General Coordination of Technology and Research (Coordenação-Geral de Tecnologia e Pesquisa – CGTP) is conducting a study to evaluate if Meta’s recently launched social network Threads complies with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (“LGPD”). The assessment is […]
ANPD advocates for its position as a key authority in Artificial Intelligence regulation in Brazil
On July 6, 2023, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) published a Preliminary Analysis regarding Bill No. 2,338/2023 (“Bill”), which seeks to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems in Brazil. The Bill, currently being processed by the Brazilian Federal Senate, was drafted with the support of a Commission of Jurists integrated by […]