As companies prepare to adapt to Brazil's new GDPR-style
data protection law, local GCs highlight the benefits of greater
data protection legislation for businesses, but suggest the lack of
an appointed authority to oversee and enforce the law will create
major compliance challenges for legal teams.
After eight years of discussions in congress, on 14 August 2018,
Brazil became the latest Latin American country to implement an
overhaul of its data protection laws governing how companies
collect, use, disclose and process personal data. The Latin
American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) and
TMF Group take a look at Brazil's new laws as well as some
of the compliance challenges facing GCs and their teams.
