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- European Union; EU; Brazil; GDPR; General Data Protection Regulation; LGPD; privacy regulation (1)
- Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais; Michel Temer; data privacy; data privacy protection; data privacy law; ANDP; Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados; privacy law; Brazilian Constitution; Consumer Code of Protection and Defense; CDC; Marco Civil Law of the Internet; enforcement mechanism; Latin America (1)
- Technology; cyber-surveillance; warfare; internet; authoritarian governments; authoritarianism; cyber warfare; cyber-surveillance warfare; human rights; non-state actors; International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers; International Code of Conduct Association; ICoC; ICoCA; multinational enterprises; MNEs; mass surveillance; globalization; cyber torts; United Nations Guiding Principles of Business and Human Rights; Private Security Service Providers (1)
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The Need For A Shared Responsibility Regime Between State And Non-State Actors To Prevent Human Rights Violations Caused By Cyber-Surveillance Spyware, Anna W. Chan
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
Technology has undoubtedly contributed to the field of human rights. Internet connection and a smartphone has enabled activists to call out political leaders, shine light on human atrocities and organize mass protests through social media platforms. This has resulted in many authoritarian governments spending large amounts of their resources to purchase cyber-surveillance spyware systems from multi-national corporations to closely monitor and track their citizens for any signs of dissidence. Such technology has enabled authoritarian regimes to commit human right violations ranging from invasion of privacy, arbitrary arrest, arbitrary detention, torture and even murder. Despite the uncovering of such questionable transactions …
Comparative Analysis Of The Eu’S Gdpr And Brazil’S Lgpd: Enforcement Challenges With The Lgpd, Abigayle Erickson
Comparative Analysis Of The Eu’S Gdpr And Brazil’S Lgpd: Enforcement Challenges With The Lgpd, Abigayle Erickson
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
In the wake of the adoption of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, other countries and jurisdictions have contemplated personal data privacy legislation. In August 2018, the former president of Brazil, Michel Temer, signed the country’s comprehensive data privacy regulation, Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD), into law. Temer, however, vetoed many of the enforcement provisions. Shortly before leaving office, Temer signed an executive order creating a regulatory agency as the bill initially called for, but situated the agency under executive control instead of creating a wholly independent agency. This Note provides a …