Privacy and Data Protection

Report on the “Data Protection Regulations and The Fight against Covid-19” Webinar

On June 12, LAPIN partnered with Diálogos Setoriais, a strategic partnership between Brazilian and European institutions, to host the webinar Data Protection Regulations and the Fight against COVID-19. The event was an insightful opportunity to understand what can be learned from the European experience involving contact tracing tools to fight COVID-19 and to assess the…

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Summary Report on the judgement of ADPF nº 403 and ADI nº 5.527: The WhatsApp Case

SUMMARY REPORT by Paulo Henrique Atta and Thiago Moraes On May 26th and 27th, 2020, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF, in pt) started the judgement of the following constitutional lawsuits: The Unconstitutionality Direct Action (Ação Declaratória de Inconstitucionalidade – ADI) nº 5.527 and the Request for Non-Compliance of Fundamental Principles (Arguição de Descumprimento de

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Global Civil Society eWorkshop – Exploring a privacy-friendly solution to the Covid-19 pandemic

On April 28th, 2020, the Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), a Brazilian think tank which supports the development of public policies focused on the regulation of digital technologies, in partnership with Access Now, a global-level organization which defends and extends the digital rights of users at risk around the world, hosted a virtual

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