The Brazilian Federal Senate established a commission of legal experts ('the AI Commission') who were commissioned with the task of drafting an Artificial Intelligence Legal Framework ('AI Legal Framework').

In this Insight article, Fabio Ferreira Kujawski and Ingrid Soares, from Mattos Filho Advogados, summarise the main findings of the AI Commission that shall guide the discussions in the Brazilian Congress about an upcoming federal statute for AI systems, whilst also analysing existing laws and regulations that currently impact the use and development of AI systems in Brazil.

Brazil is currently in the process of fleshing out its approach to regulating cookies, with more extensive guidance on the way. Celina Bottino, Vinicius Padrão, and Flávia Parra Cano, from Rennó, Penteado, Sampaio Advogados, discuss current developments in this area and the relevance of approaches taken in the EU on this matter.

The Brazilian data protection authority ('ANPD') has been active in the past months, with the publication of various guidance documents pertaining to Law No. 13.709 of 14 August 2018, General Personal Data Protection Law (as amended by Law No. 13.853 of 8 July 2019) ('LGPD') and aimed at facilitating compliance. One such action was the ANPD's approval, on 28 January 2022, of Resolution CD/ANPD No. 2 of 27 January 2022 for a Regulation on the application of the LGPD to small processing agents¹ ('the Resolution'), which entered into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, 28 January 2022. This Insight article analyses the key aspects of the Resolution and what small processing agents must consider in ensuring that they comply with the requirements under the LGPD.