Post by account_disabled on Oct 17, 2023 22:49:37 GMT -6
For the first time in history, Brazil now has specific legislation that guarantees privacy to citizens' information. It is the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) , which should come into force in August 2020 and which promises Brazilian citizens the protection of their personal information, such as name, address, date of birth, CPF, among others. It also deals with america phone number list so-called “sensitive data” , which are those that can generate any type of discrimination, such as racial or ethnic origin, religion, political opinion, sexual life, genetic or biometric data, for example.
The Law was sanctioned in August 2018 and should reach different spheres of the population. But what, in practice, will change for the citizen? How do public and private entities need to adapt to the standard?
Betha's Application Server administrator and Information Security specialist, Alam Luiz Colatto, explains that the LGPD comes to provide more transparency. “Unless there is no express consent from the user, the Law will inhibit activities such as the sale of information from one company to another, for example. This type of movement is common in the market today. It will also allow internet users to decide whether or not a particular website can collect their information. From the moment the legislation comes into force, the citizen becomes the true owner of their personal data, and no longer an organization or entity”, he emphasizes.
It is also important to highlight that the Law deals with both digital and physical data. In other words, information written down on paper, notebooks or cards may also be inspected by the responsible body. “Everyone will be guaranteed complete knowledge about the manner and purpose of data collection, how they are stored, how long they keep them and with whom they share them. If you want to exclude them, for example, you can do so with a simple request, which must be accepted by the company without any type of barrier”, he explains.
The Law was sanctioned in August 2018 and should reach different spheres of the population. But what, in practice, will change for the citizen? How do public and private entities need to adapt to the standard?
Betha's Application Server administrator and Information Security specialist, Alam Luiz Colatto, explains that the LGPD comes to provide more transparency. “Unless there is no express consent from the user, the Law will inhibit activities such as the sale of information from one company to another, for example. This type of movement is common in the market today. It will also allow internet users to decide whether or not a particular website can collect their information. From the moment the legislation comes into force, the citizen becomes the true owner of their personal data, and no longer an organization or entity”, he emphasizes.
It is also important to highlight that the Law deals with both digital and physical data. In other words, information written down on paper, notebooks or cards may also be inspected by the responsible body. “Everyone will be guaranteed complete knowledge about the manner and purpose of data collection, how they are stored, how long they keep them and with whom they share them. If you want to exclude them, for example, you can do so with a simple request, which must be accepted by the company without any type of barrier”, he explains.