President Promulgates "Key Changes To The Final Version Of The LGPD"

The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, promulgated, on 8 July 2019, Law No. 13.853 of 8 July 2019, Amending Law No. 13.709 of 14 August 2018 ('LGPD'), to Provide for the Protection of Personal Data and for the Creation of the National Data Protection Authority ('ANPD'), and Other Provisions ('the Amending Law'). In particular, the Amending Law approves certain provisions introduced by Provisional Measure No. 869 of 27 December 2018, including the competences and the structure of the ANPD, among other things.

Luis Fernando Prado Chaves and Renato Gomes Malafaia, Partner and Attorney at Law at Daniel Law respectively, told OneTrust DataGuidance, "if we had to elect some of the main amendments to the original text, we would emphasise [...] that unlike the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), under the LGPD, [...] all companies responsible for processing data (as controllers) have to appoint a data protection officer,