Over two years on from the 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') entering into force, the regulatory framework for the enforcement of its provisions continues to take shape. Celina Bottino, Vinicius Padrão, and Celina Carvalho, from Rennó, Penteado, Sampaio Advogados, discuss recent developments in this area.

In this report, OneTrust DataGuidance and Baptista Luz Advogados provide a means of analyzing and comparing data protection requirements and recommendations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Law No. 13.709 of 14 August 2018, General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD). 

The report, which was last updated in September 2022, examines and compares the scope, main definitions, legal bases, data controller and processor obligations, data subject rights, and enforcement capacities of the LGPD with the  GDPR. 

You can access the latest version of the report here.

Artificial intelligence ('AI') is undoubtedly one of the most pertinent subjects for data protection regulation, due in part to the huge quantities of personal data such technologies require to operate. Héctor E. Guzmán Rodríguez, Partner at Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, S.C., discusses this topic with reference to the National Institute for Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data's ('INAI') guidance on the same.