Brazil’s data-protection law taps into global digital economy, as EU struggles with e-privacy bill
02 October 2020 00:00
Duration: 18:25
Brazil’s new privacy legislation is expected to boost the country’s chances of tapping into the global digital economy, by safeguarding the flow of data across international borders. But uncertainty over the establishment of a regulator has left companies with no guidance on how to comply with the General Law for Data Protection. Also this week, we take a look at the EU’s proposal for new e-privacy rules, which has been caught up in a clash among EU member states. Nonetheless, governments’ determination to combat online child abuse may yet provide the impetus needed to get the draft legislation back on track.
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James Panichi Senior Editor, Asia Pacific
James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the... Read more
Matthew Newman Global Chief Correspondent
Matthew Newman is a chief correspondent for MLex and writes about data protection, privacy, telecoms, cyber security and artificial intelligence. Matthew began his journalism career in 1991 in community newspapers. He worked as a reporter in Riga, Latvia in 1993 and then moved to Chicago where he covered local news. In 1995, he became a personal finance reporter for Dow Jones Newswires, and was then transferred to Brussels in 1999. He specialized in EU regulatory... Read more