The president of the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD), Waldemar Gonçalves and the secretary of the National Secretary of Consumers (SECACON/MISP), Juliana Domingues, have signed on this Monday 22th of March an agreement of technical cooperation in order to protect consumer’s data. One of the main aims is to accelerate the investigations on security accidents. For this reason, SENACON/MJSP will start sharing information recollected on consumer’s complainants about personal data protection and it will formalized a Center, inside the National…
Read moreBRASILIAN SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: it warns on the send of false emails on the behalf of ANPD with phishing scam
ANPD became aware of a phishing campaign that is moving on the internet, in which some messages have as a sender the email vazamento@anpd.gov.br that is not part of the ANPD. The guideline warns you that if you receive this email, you should delete it and do not click on any annex you receive, or link connected. It is advisable also to add the sender to the list of spam messages. The phishing emails are available in a different form,…
Read moreNEWS FROM BRAZIL: CONTACT TRACING AND PRIVACY IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC
Sharing data to face Covid-19 comes as demand and can compromise protection. On March 20, the decision issued by the 4th Federal Court of the Judiciary Section of the Federal District was released, in which the Union was obliged to provide, on an immediate basis, information about patients who tested positive for Covid-19 at Hospital das Forças Armed, under penalty of a daily fine of R $ 50,000.00, in addition to civil, criminal and administrative liability of the competent public agent….
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