Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Issue 3 | October 2014 - Latin America

Brazil

Brazilian House of Representatives Considers Bill of Law Criminalizing Fake User Profiles on Internet
On July 2, a bill of law (source document in Portuguese) proposing the criminalization of fake user profiles on the internet was introduced to the Brazilian House of Representatives. The Bill proposes to amend article 307 of the Criminal Code (source document in Portuguese), criminalizing the use of a fake profile on the world wide web. If approved, the law will be applied to those who attribute to themselves or to a third party a fake identity, including through the internet or any other electronic platform, with the intent of harming, intimidating, threatening, obtaining an advantage over, or damaging a third party to the agent's benefit or the benefit of a third party.