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The importance of a general personal data protection law in Brazil to deal with the massive processing of personal data during the state of emergency of Covid-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
June 3rd, 2020
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The unprecedented crisis caused by the Novel Coronavirus pandemic has been producing multiple impacts worldwide that transcends the more obvious (and serious) concern about public health and peoples’ lives. As a result, multiple governmental and legislative measures¹ have been adopted in Brazil to deal with such a challenging environment. This is no different under the privacy and data protection scenario.