Brazil’s commission of jurists tasked with drafting artificial intelligence regulations extended the deadline to receive external feedback to June 10, according to the Senate. The commission is interested in receiving comments from AI professionals, civil society entities and other interested partie...

A resolution outlining internal regulations and processes for Brazil's National Council for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy was filed in the Official Gazette. The CNPD will be responsible for the oversight of Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dado...

In the wake of cyberattacks targeting multiple government agencies, Costa Rica has declared a national emergency, BleepingComputer reports. The Conti ransomware group allegedly published 97% of the 672 GB of data it obtained from the agencies. The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor and Social Se...

Brazil’s data protection authority, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, published its technical study that outlined how personal data can be processed for academic research under the General Data Protection Law. The study titled “The LGPD and the processing of personal data for academic purpos...

Comprehensive data protection laws exist around the world, and more are expected to come into play. While each law is different, there are many common threads around rights, obligations and enforcement provisions. The IAPP Westin Research Center recently updated its chart mapping several comprehensi...