Privacidade e proteção de dados pessoais: evolução histórica e cenário contemporâneo

Abstract

The topic of privacy and personal data protection has acquired relevance in face of the expansion of the use of information and communication technologies and social networks. The article discusses the concept of privacy and how the right to privacy and the right to personal data protection has been treated, both in the European Union and in Brazil. To reach this goal, a bibliographical and documentary research was carried out. The laws that deal with personal data protection in Brazil and the European Union are discussed, especially, the Civil Framework for the Internet in Brazil (Law 12.965/2014), the European Union’s Regulation 2016/679 and Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Laws No. 13,709/2018 and No. 13,853/2019). The analysis cover the historic evolution of the notion of privacy until it reaches the status of a fundamental right. Moreover, it demonstrates that the referred Brazilian law was inspired in the evolution of the private data protection rights of other countries, mainly, in the European model.