Description
Adopted General Data Protection Law (LGPD) including data transfer regulations
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. More…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer 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