The Philippines' National Privacy Commission released guidance for processing personal data for loan-related transactions, notably prohibiting the harvesting of debtors' personal information. The guidance carries a specific focus on limiting the collection of phone data by online lending application...

Brazil's Senate approved President Jair Bolsonaro's five nominations to the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados's board of directors. Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Junior will serve a six-year term as the DPA's president. Arthur Pereira Sabbat, Miriam Wimmer, CIPP/E, Nairane Farias Rabelo Leitão a...

In this week's global legislative roundup, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office handed down its stiffest fine to date. The European Data Protection Board addressed simplifying the EU General Data Protection Regulation's dispute-resolution mechanism. Brazil nominated a board of directors for it...

Brazil’s General Data Protection Law is now in effect. Much like the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the LGPD has extraterritorial applicability, meaning any organization processing personal data in Brazil must comply with the law irrespective of the company’s location. One of the LGPD’s requ...

Organizations processing personal data in Brazil must comply with the General Data Protection Law's requirements irrespective of the company’s location. One of the LGPD’s requirements for such companies is that they must appoint a data protection officer to be “in charge of processing personal data....