Argentina
Argentina Subscribes to Convention 108
On February 28, the Agency of the Access of Public Information
(Agencia de Acceso a la Información Pública)
announced its subscription to the Convention
108 for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic
Processing of Personal Data (Convención 108) and
its Additional Protocol (source documents in Spanish). The
Convention 108 is the only multilateral binding instrument on data
protection, which aims to protect the privacy of data owners
against any misuse on data processing matters.
Brazil
Brazilian Consumer Protection Department Investigates
Communications Provider's Data Privacy Breach
On February 28, the National Consumer Protection Department of
the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and Public Security set up an investigation procedure against a provider of
internet and mobile phone communications for allegedly using a
digital tool capable of mapping users' internet browsing
(source document in
