Brazil’s long-anticipated data protection law, Lei Geral De Proteção de Dados Pessoais (“General Law for Data Protection” or “LGPD”), now appears positioned to take effect in a matter of days. Ever since the law was originally passed in August 2018, implementation and enforcement timelines have been in flux. In a rather sudden turn of events last week, however, dramatic back-to-back votes by each house of Brazil’s National Congress now put the substantive provisions of the LGPD on track to take effect in a few days’ time, upon approval by Brazil’s president. The LGPD’s administrative fines and sanctions provisions remain scheduled to take effect next year in August 2021. READ MORE
Brazil’s LGPD Poised to Take Effect in a Matter of Days
