Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, published a statement to standardize the General Data Protection Law's interpretation of processing data of children and teens. It notes data processing can be conducted "based on the legal hypotheses provided for in t...

Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School professor Luca Belli wrote for Medianama, outlining ChatGPT's perceived noncompliance with Brazil's General Data Protection Law and why he filed a complaint to Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados. OpenAI CEO Sam Altma...

In this week's Global News Roundup, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission adopted a policy statement regarding deceptive practices related to biometric information collection. Taiwan's legislature updated penalties for mishandling of personal information. And the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Ca...

The Real Estate Institute of Australia opposes certain reforms to the Privacy Act on the grounds they may harm small businesses, the Guardian reports. The REIA called on the government to include a small business exemption to the Privacy Act and claimed "an estimated two-thirds of agencies with a tu...

The entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation in May 2018 prompted the creation and adaptation of different regulations on personal data protection worldwide. Ecuador was no exception, and on 26 May 2021 the Organic Personal Data Protection Law, the first law in Ecuador focused e...