Judgments of the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo containing grounds in the LGPD
By: Leonardo Neri We have collected some court decisions from the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo containing grounds in the LGPD. The following stand out: The 34th Private Law Chamber exempted Eletropaulo from compensating a customer for a data leak. The judge emphasized that the company was not at fault for the episode, which occurred due to the action of […]
Hackers invade the National Health System and the repercussion exposes the fragility of a society without proper information security
By: Leonardo Neri The Ministry of Health and ConecteSUS, an app that provides proof of vaccination against COVID-19, were cyber-invaded on December 10, 2021, affecting systems that report cases of the disease. The website’s downtime caused a crisis in much of the country. In Salvador, for example, passengers were unable to board […]
Guidance on the application of the LGPD by data processing agents in the electoral context
By: Leonardo Neri Formatted in 2021, the Guidance Guide on electoral issues was made available at the beginning of 2022 not only by coincidence, since it is an election year in the country and with the increase in access to information through virtual means, it is necessary for citizens to have transparency and […]
Fraud in payment slips does not generate liability for the bank due to lack of evidence that data was improperly used
By: Leonardo Neri At the end of 2021, a court ruling on fraudulent bills brought to light the issue of banks’ liability in these cases, which resulted in a series of criticisms on social media from people who did not agree with the decision that exempted a banking institution from liability. The judge of the 1st […]
Approved regulation for processing small agents in relation to LGPD
By: Leonardo Neri The approval of the processing regulation for small-scale agents in relation to the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) was published on January 28, 2022 in the Official Gazette of the Union. Based on the rules provided for in articles 55-J, XVIII, of Law No. 13,709; article 2, XVIII, Annex I of Decree No. […]
Resolution published on how ANPD inspections will work starting in 2022
The approval of the regulation of the Inspection process and the Sanctioning Administration Process by the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) was published on October 29, 2021 in the Official Gazette of the Union. Divided into four titles, the resolution addresses the General Provisions, broken down into 14 articles, which cover everything from […]
Personal data from PagSeguro in conjunction with WireCard were exposed on hacker forums and raises the issue of the legal limits of innovation
Electronic payment systems have been on the rise in recent years, pushing physical currencies into the background and, as a result, increasing the digital linkage of payments. As a result, the number of scams against banking companies has been increasing. On November 4th, it was PagSeguro’s turn to suffer the so-called registration hijackings, whose […]
In a new scam, fake deliveries require confirmation photos in which collected data is used for financing
With the increase in online sales, scammers convince victims with fake deliveries and demanding a photo confirmation. As a result, the leaked personal data is used to obtain financing worth thousands of reais. This is what happened to a consumer through a WhatsApp message from a pseudo-florist, informing her that she had received flowers in her name […]
Confidential data of Brazilians is allegedly commercialized by Facebook
On December 5th, new thefts of personal data were discovered in the market. Data protection information was allegedly taken from public agency pages and negotiated with the Meta group, which owns Facebook, for amounts of around R$$200.00 for the personal data of millions of Brazilians. According to a report by Folha de […]
Cacau Show is convicted for alleged leak of data from former employee
By: Leonardo Neri In a lawsuit pending in the Labor Court of Ponte Nova, an employee of Cacau Show alleged that she received calls from companies asking for consultations at inconvenient times. The case was filed in the Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais, in Ponte Nova, where a franchisee of the aforementioned company was sentenced to R$$5,000.00 […]
