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Brazilian Congress under pressure to approve delay in data-protection law, privacy official says

By Ana Paula Candil
  • 03 Aug 2020 17:29
  • 27 Aug 2020 13:57
Companies are pressuring Brazilian lawmakers to delay implementation of the nation's data-protection law from Aug. 16 until next May, arguing that an authority to enforce the law is needed first, said Fabrício da Mota Alves, a senate representative appointed to the Brazilian national council of data protection.
“Companies came together very

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Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America


Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

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