Closing the Series: Digital Law in Brazil – Hot Topics | Risk, Innovation and Regulation
Amid the various transformations experienced in the digital landscape, over the past month the article series “Digital Law in Brazil – Current Hot Topics”, written by different professionals from the firm Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello, has sought to map the issues that have most mobilized legislators, courts, regulators, and legal practitioners in the field […]
Digital Law in Brazil – Hot Topics | Privacy Policy Must-Haves Under Brazil’s LGPD: Legal Requirements and Local Practice
Under the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD), the Privacy Policy plays a central role in operationalizing the principles of transparency, purpose limitation, and accountability established in Article 6 of the law. Far from being a mere formality or a copy-and-paste document, as many organizations still rely on, the Privacy Policy is one of the […]
Digital Law in Brazil – Current Hot Topics | From Guidance to Active Oversight: Brazil’s New Phase of Cybersecurity Regulation
The year 2025 marked a paradigm shift in Brazil’s data protection landscape, as the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) was elevated to the status of a regulatory agency, acquiring expanded powers of enforcement, rulemaking, and sanctioning. This institutional transformation inaugurates a new phase in the application of the General Data Protection Law (LGPD), in which […]
Digital Law in Brazil – Current Hot Topics | Brazil’s Digital ECA and Its Impact on the Technological Ecosystem
Law No. 15,211/2025, known as the Digital ECA, represents an unprecedented regulatory milestone in Latin America by establishing a specific legal framework for the protection of children and adolescents in the digital environment. Acknowledging that young people are immersed in online platforms from early childhood, the legislation seeks to update the Child and the Adolescent […]
Digital Law in Brazil – Current Hot Topics | Facial Biometrics and the LGPD: Advances, Risks and Regulatory Trends
The use of facial biometrics has become one of the most widespread technologies driving digital transformation in recent years. From authentication systems on mobile devices to access control in companies and residences, biometric identification has become common practice in various settings. This accelerated growth, however, brings significant legal challenges, especially regarding the protection of personal […]
Digital Law in Brazil – Current Hot Topics | Sponsored Links and Unfair Competition in Brazil: Recent Court Trends
In judging SPECIAL APPEAL No. 2096417 – SP (2023/0328252-0), the rapporteur, Minister Nancy Andrighi, stated that: “In analyzing the civil liability of internet providers for acts of unfair competition in the sponsored links market, it is not the content generated on the sponsored website that gives rise to the duty to indemnify, but rather the […]
Digital Law in Brazil – Current Hot Topics | Brazil’s Supreme Court Redefines Platform Liability: Toward a Global Model of Digital Diligence
In a landmark decision, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) declared the partial unconstitutionality of Article 19 of the Marco Civil da Internet, reshaping the country’s approach to online platform liability. The ruling introduces a layered model of diligence and responsibility that aligns Brazil with evolving global standards such as the EU’s Digital Services Act and […]
STANDARD ESSENTIAL PATENT (SEP) LITIGATION IN BRAZIL: THE EMERGING LANDSCAPE
The litigation of Standard Essential Pat- ents (SEPs) is rapidly evolving in Brazil, mirroring a global dispute trend. Over the past few years, the country has witnessed a surge in infringement lawsuits, particu- larly in the Rio de Janeiro State Courts, which have emerged as the preferred jurisdiction for SEP disputes. Despite its growing relevance, […]
