New BCB Resolution Allows Sharing of Rural Producer Data
By: André Jerusalmy In March, the Central Bank (“BCB”) published a new resolution that will allow data sharing in rural credit operations, with the consent of the holder. This new option will be operated directly by the BCB’s Rural Credit Operations Registration System (“Sicor”). Sicor records operations between beneficiaries of […]
Ministry of Justice and Public Security publishes ordinance on rules and processing of personal data
By: Leonardo Neri According to the National Institute for Data Protection on LinkedIn, the ordinance regarding the general policy and regulation of data protection was released, the main purpose of which is to disclose the formal rules for processing personal data, in accordance with current legislation. Ordinance MJSP No. 561 was made available on […]
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 […]