This report presents the results of an analysis conducted by the Brazilian Center for Health Studies (CEBES), the Public Policy and Internet Laboratory (LAPIN) and the “Implications of Digital Technologies on Health Systems” Project, linked to the Fiocruz Strategy for Agenda 2030. This publication was produced with the support of the Rapid Response Fund of…
O LAPIN moderará três painéis durante a CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection) LatAm 2021. Confira a programação e participe!
LAPIN moderates three panels in CPDP LatAm 2021; see themes Read More »
LAPIN participa de elaboração da Access Now sobre vigilância em países da América Latina junto com outras instituições. Veja!
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On June 11th, LAPIN organized a community lab on the RightsCon 2021 called “Data protection legislations for law enforcement: multiregional perspectives for regulating data protection in criminal procedures”. The session was an incredible opportunity to understand the use of personal data during criminal investigations in different countries all over the world.
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In June, as part of the RightsCon 2021 program, LAPIN will hold two collaborative sessions to discuss scenarios related to privacy, data protection and new technologies. The events will be held in English and participation is free. Registration is open on the RightsCon website until May 21! Community labs are spaces for debates in which
Stephen* Newborn democracies have been threatened by coup d’etat for the longest time. Myanmar, one of the most unstable democracies, faces the brunt this time. Myanmar has been under democratic transition since the Saffron Revolution in 2007. The conversion was realised after Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), was
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Following the approval of the GDPR by the European Union in 2016 to improve protection for personal data and privacy, China also stepped up with a regulation for the cyberspace. However, it adopts a considerably different approach from the European legislation by focusing on cybersecurity and national interests instead.
Is China Opening Up to Become the Next Privacy Stronghold? Read More »
On October 10, our researchers Thiago Moraes, Eduarda Costa and José Renato had their article “Smile, you are being identified! Risks and measures for the use of facial recognition in (semi-)public spaces” published on Springer Nature’s Al and Ethics journal. Check out the article’s abstract: This article analyses the use of facial recognition technology (FRT)
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This is LAPIN’s contribution to the open call for submissions regarding the Santa Clara Principles.
Gabriel Araújo Souto Data portability is the possibility of transferring personal data to different digital platforms. This possibility, enforced by the right to data portability, aims to protect the data storage of users against the incompatibility of multiple platforms, that is, allowing interoperability between different services. Thus, data portability allows, for example, an Instagram user
Data portability: a necessary right for users and competitors of digital platforms Read More »
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