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Nominees for Brazil data-protection authority approved by full Senate

By Ana Paula Candil
  • 20 Oct 2020 17:17
  • 06 Nov 2020 07:32
Five appointees for the board of directors of a new Brazilian data-protection authority have been approved by the full Senate. 
The appointments must be published in the country's Official Journal by President Jair Bolsonaro before the individuals can take office — a process that should take no more than

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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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