ap comparative brazil privacy
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October 4, 2013
Privacy in BrazilMaria Elena GraneraManolo BacaMaria Ernestina Castillo
What does the law state?
✤Federal Brazilian Constitution ensures the right to privacy and a private life, honour and image.
✤Civil code guarantees protection of a private life.
✤There is no data protection law or data protection authority in Brazil.
Dilma Rouseff
✤With the Snowden leaks, Brazil discovered that the United States has over the past years monitored and spied Brazilian internet usage.
✤In UN she urged the right to privacy and proposed solutions.
Solutions Proposed
✤Under water fiber optics cable that connects Brazil and Europe thus bypassing the United States altogether.
✤Force companies such as Google, Microsoft and other American companies to store data for Brazilian users on servers located within Brazil.
Questions to ponder
✤What happens if we assert more control over the supposedly open and free medium which is the internet?
Questions to ponder
✤Can it be done adequately?
Questions to ponder
✤Can countries agree on whether there needs to be some regulation of internet in order to protect privacy and intellectual property?
Questions to ponder
✤If they can agree on these basic principles, can countries move forward to a discussion on how internet usage can and should be monitored?
Questions to ponder✤Because internet transmits data across
countries, can countries agree on how the internet can be monitored in a way that does not hamper private companies and entrepreneurial ideas?