In this article we report the most relevant developments that took place in Latin America on personal data protection recently.
(i) Brazil
· Public consultation on model clauses: The National Authority for the Protection of Personal Data of Brazil (hereinafter, “ANPDP”) published on August 15 the draft Regulation on the International Transfer of Personal Data and the standard contractual clauses in accordance with the General Law on Protection of Personal Data (hereinafter, “LGPDP”).
· Bill to modify the sanctions of the LGPD and the Consumer Defence Code: The Brazilian Senate is discussing the bill Nº 4530/2023 whose purpose is to modify the laws that regulate data protection in Brazil. The project proposes increasing the level of fines that can be applied in case of non-compliance with the LGPDP. It would also modify Law No. 8079/1990 -the Consumer Defence Code- to prohibit the collection of personal data without informing consumers about the purpose and type of processing of their personal data.
· Public consultation on the draft regulation of notification of security incidents: On May of this year the ANPDP published the draft resolution that would regulate the...
