Frente LGPD holds debate on ANPD and PEC 17 with representatives of the Executive, Legislative and entities

THE Business Front in Defense of the General Data Protection and Legal Security Law, of which ABES is one of the main articulators, promoted on Monday (14/09) the launch of a new open letter on the theme and the webinar “Economic Development and the Future of LGPD”. The moderation of the event was carried out by Andriei Gutierrez, coordinator of the Regulatory Committee of ABES. 

Launched in August 2020, the front has among its pillars: the effective creation of the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD), with the indication of names with the appropriate technicality; the vote on PEC 17/2019, which establishes the protection of personal data as a citizen's right, establishing the Union's private competence to legislate on the subject.

The new letter in defense of the General Data Protection Law and for legal security highlights: “The regulation of the protection of personal data is an issue that affects the entire Brazilian society and, in particular, all economic sectors in the country, be it handling personal data of customers, business partners or labor management. The institutionalization and constitutionalization of the theme is urgent through the effective creation of the ANPD and the approval of the PEC 17 ”. Check the full document here.

The future of LGDP

The launch included the webinar “Economic Development and the Future of LGPD”, in which important authorities participated: Senator Eduardo Gomes, author of PEC 17; Congressman Orlando Silva; rapporteur of LGPD and PEC 17 in the Chamber of Deputies; Arthur Pereira Sabbat, Director of the Information Security Department at the Institutional Security Office of the Presidency of the Republic (GSI); Daniela Ferreira Marques, Special Adviser to the Sub-Sofia for Legal Affairs of the General Secretariat at the Presidency of the Republic (SGPR); and Marcos Pinto, Deputy Deputy Chief of Economic Policy of the Civil House.

Representatives of the signatory entities of the charter in the areas of technology, education, health, education, commerce and telecommunications had the opportunity to talk about the claims in relation to the data protection law and the lack of definitions in the ANPD: Rodolfo Fücher (ABES) and Sérgio Paulo Gallindo (Brasscom); Sandra Martinelli (ABA) and Vitor Morais de Andrade (Coalition of Communication); Elizabeth Guedes (ANUP); Marcos Ferrari (SindiTeleBrasil); Marcos Ottoni (CNSaúde) and Rogéria Cruz (ANAHP); and Dr. Rony Vainzof (Fecomércio-SP). Watch on here to the webinar in full.