Region: Brazil

The Brazilian Senate has approved a bill that requires citizens and companies to request exclusion from a consumer credit score database if they do not want to be automatically added.

22 March 2019

A Brazilian senator has proposed an amendment to the country’s constitution that would make data protection a fundamental right and bar states and municipalities from creating data protection legislation.

21 March 2019

TozziniFreire in São Paulo has promoted ten associates to partner, including cybersecurity and data privacy lawyer Carla do Couto Battilana.

21 March 2019

The Brazilian Department of Consumer Protection and Defence – known as Senacon – has filed two lawsuits against Facebook.

15 March 2019

The Brazilian Department of Consumer Protection and Defence – known as Senacon – has accused telecoms operator Oi of collecting user navigation data by redirecting consumers that enter faulty domain names to its webpage.

14 March 2019

Daniel Law has added the head of Opice Blum Bruno Abrusio e Vainzof’s data protection practice to its São Paulo office.

12 March 2019

A Brazilian politician has proposed an amendment to national law which would allow police to use messages sent over instant messaging platforms as evidence in criminal investigations.

04 March 2019

Brazilian telecoms companies Vivo, NET and Oi could face regulatory and legal action if the country’s main consumer protection organisation confirms reports that they share customer databases, observers have said.

21 February 2019

Daniel Law partner Robert Daniel-Shores in São Paulo examines the road ahead for Brazil’s new data privacy watchdog.

18 February 2019

Brazil’s justice ministry has filed an administrative proceeding against Google's local arm after receiving a breach of privacy complaint.

12 February 2019