Brazil Identity & Data Protection Regulations

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🇧🇷 Brazil

Brazil regulates personal data nationally through the LGPD, a GDPR-inspired comprehensive privacy law enforced by an independent authority, the ANPD. It applies broadly to any organization processing the personal data of individuals in Brazil.

LGPDData privacy · since 2020

Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados (Law No. 13.709/2018)

The LGPD is Brazil's comprehensive data protection law, which took effect in September 2020 with administrative sanctions enforceable from August 2021. Modeled closely on the EU GDPR, it establishes legal bases for processing, data subject rights, and accountability obligations. It is enforced by the ANPD, which became an independent regulatory agency.

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