Brazil: Adopted General Data Protection Law (LGPD), including data protection regulation
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Adopted General Data Protection Law (LGPD), including data protection regulation
The Brazilian data protection law (Lei N° 13.709) is adopted by the Brazilian Parliament. The Law unifies over 40 different statutes governing personal data protection and establishes the National Data Protection Authority as the main enforcer. The …
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2018-05-29
under deliberation
2018-08-14
adopted
2020-09-18
in grace period