The General Law Principles for Protection the Personal Data and their Importance

TL;DR

This paper discusses the principles of Brazil's General Law on Personal Data Protection, highlighting its importance through real data leakage cases and emphasizing benefits for users and society amid technological challenges.

Contribution

It analyzes the core principles of Brazil's data protection law and illustrates their significance with real-world leakage cases, emphasizing societal benefits.

Findings

Identification of key data protection principles

Real cases demonstrating data leakage issues

Highlighting societal benefits of data protection

Abstract

Rapid technological change and globalization have created new challenges when it comes to the protection and processing of personal data. In 2018, Brazil presented a new law that has the proposal to inform how personal data should be collected and treated, to guarantee the security and integrity of the data holder. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the principles of the General Law on Personal Data Protection, informing real cases of leakage of personal data and thus obtaining an understanding of the importance of gains that meet the interests of Internet users on the subject and its benefits to the entire Brazilian society.