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On April 23, 2014, Brazil's President approved Brazil's Internet Constitution (Marco Civil da Internet).

Brazil's National Institute of Industrial Property has indefinitely suspended its public consultation on regulatory frameworks for electronic game registration. The suspension affects Call for Contributions #2/2026, which sought stakeholder input on potential registration mechanisms for video games and electronic entertainment software.

On March 31, a Congressional Hearing (Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito) investigating cyber crimes drafted its Final Report.

On January 28, 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice launched two public debate platforms to discuss internet usage and the protection of citizen's personal data.

On May 31, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice concluded public debate on the upcoming administrative decree designed to regulate the Internet Civil Framework.

O nosso sócio de Contencioso Tiago Cortez participou nesta quarta-feira (28) de audiência pública no Supremo Tribunal Federal sobre o Marco Civil da Internet.

The Superior Court of Justice ("STJ") has rendered a decision determining that providers of internet content must store data of users for at least three years. The ruling stems from a lawsuit involving the trustee of a university and Yahoo! and is only effective for such parties, but nonetheless indicates how the STJ may interpret similar cases from now on.

On November 25, 2014, the United Nations (UN) approved a new project of resolution presented by Brazil and Germany named "the right to privacy in the digital age".

The most interesting aspect of this "innovation" is the concern of the PTO with the end user.

The Draft Decree includes exceptions to net neutrality and procedures for data storage by Internet and application service providers.

E-commerce sales in 2014 in Brazil should grow by 27% in relation to 2013 and reach almost R$ 40 billion.

On May 13, the Second Section of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) set an important precedent regarding the liability of internet service providers when deciding Special Appeal # 1,512,647.

The bid is scheduled for October 2015 and should particularly benefit small providers of internet access and large entrant operators.

The Brazilian Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) opened, on August 2, 2019, the Public Consultation No. 39 to hear public opinion on a new regulation

In 2014, Brazil introduced legislation that established principles, guarantees, rights and duties for internet use in the country - the Civil Rights Framework for the Internet.

The Ministry of Economy published on July 26 the Ordinance No. 309/2019 that establishes new rules for the analysis of the requests for ex-tariffs.

The Brazilian Ministry of Justice published today, for public consultation, the first draft regulation for the Internet Legal Framework.

With the purpose of protecting intimacy and privacy, the new Law now requires a court order for the records of user access to be supplied. This results in the placing of a barrier to holders of infringed industrial property rights.