A política de informação na arena da privacidade dos dados pessoais

Abstract

Privacy and protection of personal data are increasingly relevant issues, especially in face of many personal data leaks and sales scandals that have been reported. In this article, the information policy is adopted as a guiding principle for a discussion that aims to analyze how the right to privacy and the protection of personal data has been treated within the European Union as well as in Brazil. Following this objective, a bibliographic and documentary research was conducted. The documentary research took the legislative apparatuses as objects of investigation. The article discusses the laws 3120 that deal with the protection of personal data in Brazil and in the European Union and, more specifically, the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, the European Union Regulation 2016/679 and the Brazilian Personal Data Protection Law (Law Nº. 13.709/2018). The analysis reveals that the right to privacy and protection of personal data has evolved in face of the ongoing socioeconomic and technological changes. Additionally, it is noted that the sanction of the Brazilian Personal Data Protection Law received some vetoes that mischaracterized the bill approved in the Senate, bringing the risk of incompatibilities with the European model.