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In this edition of the CyberNews Bulletin, we highlight the main news that permeated the digital and data protection landscape in February 2024.
Companies face challenges in reconciling salary transparency with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD), fearing to commit violations when disclosing reports as required by the Equal Pay Law, while the Department of Health highlights the importance of data protection and social participation in healthcare. In parallel, complaints of illegal access to sensitive patient data lead to requests for investigation, and Brazilian courts record a significant increase in LGPD-related decisions, which underscore the growing importance of this issue.
Furthermore, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) reinforces the need for court authorization to preserve personal data, strengthening citizens’ control over their information. From a litigation perspective, there has been a significant increase in decisions related to the LGPD issued by Brazilian courts, although the decisions that actually address data protection in a relevant way do not amount to a total of one thousand cases.
Finally, during the week of the International Data Protection Day, ANPD unveiled actions to strengthen the data protection regulatory framework in Brazil. Highlights include the publication of the Technology Radar on Smart Cities, the opening of a public inquiry on data anonymization, the launch of the Glossary of Personal Data Protection, a call for contributions on data subject rights and an informative guide to legitimate interest. These measures promote basic and fundamental data protection topics both for companies, in the position of processing agents, and for citizens, in the position of data subjects.
