Recently, on December 19, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) published guidelines detailing the role of the Data Protection Officer (“Guidelines”). The Guidelines complement Resolution CD/ANPD no. 18/2024, which established the DPO Regulation and was analyzed in this newsletter. Specifically, the Guidelines provide further information and

Recently, On December 13, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) announced the beginning of a procedure against 20 companies to investigate potential noncompliance with obligations related to the Data Protection Officer. These companies, operating in various sectors such as telecommunications, retail, social media, aviation, and food

Recently, on December 9, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (“Brazilian DPA” or “ANPD”) approved its Regulatory Agenda for the 2025-2026 biennium, establishing the priority topics to be addressed by the ANPD during this period. In the new Regulatory Agenda, the Brazilian DPA maintained its operations divided into four phases. Phase

Yesterday, on November 6, 2024, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) launched a Call for Contributions to gather public input on its regulatory project for Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection in the context of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (“LGPD”). The scope also includes the

Today’s edition of the Federal Official Gazette published a decision by the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”), imposing sanctions for non-compliance with the General Data Protection Law (“LGPD”) on yet another public entity, the Ministry of Health. In this case, the ANPD found that the entity

On November 4, 2024, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD” or “Brazilian DPA”) initiated a sanctioning administrative procedure against TikTok to investigate possible irregularity in the processing of minors’ personal data mainly due to the absence of age verification mechanisms. The Brazilian DPA is particularly concerned about a feature