In view of the need to protect citizens 'information and other countries' regulatory laws on data, in August 2018, the General Personal Data Protection Act (LGDP), Law No. 13,709 / 2018, was enacted in Brazil, which, when come into force, it will place Brazil at the level of countries that have rules for the treatment and transfer of data.
In order to regulate the activities of companies under personal data, which is any information related to the person, LGPD establishes rules for the entire operation with registration, from collection to disposal, making companies directly responsible for the safekeeping, processing and use of this information. These changes demand the adequacy of the companies' collection, storage and sharing systems in order to establish a dynamic that guarantees security and transparency to customers.
A recent survey by ICTS Protiviti, an ethics and compliance consultancy, revealed that, out of 104 Brazilian companies from different sectors, 84% are not yet prepared to meet all the requirements of the new legislation. According to the study, only 12.5% of the companies have already mapped information security and data protection risks, considered the embryonic phase in the process of adapting to the Law.
This leads us to conclude that companies are not moving, as there is no penalty for non-compliance with the LGPD. But, this is where there is a misunderstanding! The violation in the processing of personal data can result in fines of 2% of the company's net sales, which can reach R$ 50 million. In addition to the possibility of disclosure of the irregularity by the company, making the infraction public.
The penalty and exposure are good drivers for companies that are not yet compliant with the LGPD. For them, an alternative in this LGPD race is low-code, since these development platforms make processes faster and more democratic, which means that anyone can do them. And, more, at a speed worthy of solving this equation, maintaining an environment with governance and security.
We know that the economy and the business world revolve around data and, in this current propulsion scenario, in which all companies become technology companies, the Low Code Development Platform (LCDP) is an alternative for programmers to create applications with few languages or programming, which reduces costs, since it requires the need for hiring and a maximum IT infrastructure, besides bringing much more agility to the table!
The support of low-code development platforms makes it easier for companies to adapt to LGPD because, among many reasons, they do not need specific professionals with extraordinary skills. With this, the technology teams will continue to focus on more strategic processes of the company, while some professionals are dedicated to the regulations on low-code platforms.
For this sum of productivity, agility, governance, security and compliance, low-code technology is an alternative in the developments of the Digital Transformation era and can solve companies' compliance issues regarding LGDP. The break-up of technology and its consequences are the driving force behind the Law, but also its ally in the adaptation process.
* Ricardo Recchi is country manager for Genexus Brasil
Notice: The opinion presented in this article is the responsibility of its author and not of ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies
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