08-11-2020 , 08:54 PM
If you’re one of the 656 million people who live in the EU or Brazil, then a series of recent developments might impact the way companies like Facebook and Google handle your data.
In the EU, the bloc’s highest court ruled that the flow of data from the EU to the U.S. permitted under an agreement called Privacy Shield was in violation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Taking its cues from the EU’s GDPR, Brazil has enacted its own version of data protection rights, Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), which came into effect this month.
What are the implications of these new privacy safeguards?
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In the EU, the bloc’s highest court ruled that the flow of data from the EU to the U.S. permitted under an agreement called Privacy Shield was in violation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Taking its cues from the EU’s GDPR, Brazil has enacted its own version of data protection rights, Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), which came into effect this month.
What are the implications of these new privacy safeguards?
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