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Comment: Prolonged delay in setting up Brazil data-protection authority would muddle companies' compliance with law

By Ana Paula Candil ( September 25, 2020, 21:17 GMT | Comment) -- The absence of an authority to enforce Brazil's new data-protection law, if prolonged, will muddle companies’ efforts to comply with the new law due to lack of guidance on the new rules. It also puts all responsibility for potential data-privacy demands from data holders in the hands of existing authorities. The General Law for Data Protection (LGPD), effective since Sept. 18, was a huge step toward a bigger role for Brazil in the global digital economy and for guaranteeing the free flow of personal data between Brazil and other countries. But uncertainties about when a data-protection authority will be up and running have left companies with no guidance on how to interpret the law and ensure they are adopting the proper compliance measures. ...

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