Brazilian LGPD & European GDPR Compared
Brazilian LGPD & European GDPR Compared Brazilian LGPD & European GDPR Compared Brazilian General Data Protection Law ( Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados or LGPD) , a law with many similarities to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) is now effective. On April 29 of this year, Brazil’s President issued Provisional Measure 959 that, amongst other things, postponed the effective date of the LGPD, which was originally set to be effective August 2020, to May 3, 2021. Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies amended the measure so that the LGPD would take effect in December 2020. The Senate then decided that any postponement was void because the effective date had already been decided by Congress. The amended measure was sent to the President for his signature, providing him with the date of September 17, 2020 to sign the measure, which would make the law effective as of the original effective date, or veto it. The President sanctioned the law and the LGPD i