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Brazil's ANPD needs larger budget, more staff to keep up with workload, agency president says

By Ana Paula Candil ( February 14, 2024, 21:57 GMT | Insight) -- The Brazilian data protection authority needs a larger budget and more staffers to prosecute data-privacy violations and meet the demand of a country with over 200 million citizens, Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior said, referring to his main goal during his term as agency president. He cited the UK Information Commissioner's Office as an inspiration for the Brazilian authority. “We are inspired by the United Kingdom, where you have a much smaller population than Brazil and you have an authority with over 900 servers.”The Brazilian data protection authority needs a larger budget and more staffers to prosecute data-privacy violations and meet the demand of a country with over 200 million citizens, Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior said, referring to his main goal during his term as agency president....

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