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VIRTUAL VOICE ASSISTANTS AND PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

January 17, 2022

While Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) struggles to meet its General DataProtection Act (LGPD) regulatory schedule for the two-year period of 2021 and2022, Europe is making strides in regulating and guiding various aspects of the GeneralData Protection Regulation (GDPR), as shown below.

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Why you should not ignore risk assessment

December 27, 2021

Considering the hardships the world is going through, recently paralyzed by one of the biggest pandemics in history which, claimed the lives of millions of people millions of companies that could not bear the burden of shutdowns and were not prepared for working remotely, it has become necessary to draw attention to something that many companies despise: the habit of performing risk assessments.

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Ethics and Democracy

December 20, 2021

After moments of great suffering when not only Brazil but the world was faced with a lethal pandemic resulting in the death of millions, life begins to return to normal. The economic issues caused by the pandemic in addition to the health injuries of citizens show the dramatic social abyss, which is engulfing mainly the lower-middle classes in Brazil. Economic markers, GDP below the target, and galloping inflation demonstrate that the ghost of recession is more realistic than we'd like.

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Relationships between co-workers and conflicts of interest

December 13, 2021

The recurring theme of romantic relationships between co-workers has been around the corporate world for quite some time and often leaves the field of Human Resources or even Compliance in difficult situations.

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The importance of encryption in the era of personal data protection

December 6, 2021

Encryption is the process of turning information into text by using an algorithm (called a cipher) in order to enable anyone to read it except those with a particular identification, usually referred to as a key. The result of this process is encrypted information, also known as ciphertext.

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Coportate fraud and its evidence

November 22, 2021

Fraud has been a considerable concern in every corporate sector, although the financial sector is the most affected and the one undertaking the most measures to prevent it in addition to respecting and complying with regulations by competent bodies.

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National Data Protection Authority publishes Security Information Guidelines for Small Processing Agents

November 1, 2021

October 28, 2021 – The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD), which is the regulatory and supervisory body for the protection of personal data in Brazil, has published on October 4, 2021 a new guide called “Information Security Guidelines for Small Processing Agents”.

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HOW WHISTLEBLOWERS ARE TREATED IN BRAZIL AND IN THE USA

October 4, 2021

Not many Brazilians are aware that Statute #13,964, of December 24, 2019, emerging from the former Justice Minister Sérgio Moro's anti-crime package, has brought a great innovation that could change the scenery of corruption  and other crimes in Brazil, especially the  "White collar” ones. It amended another Statute, #13,608, by introducing the role of the informer. Introducing protective measures therefor, such as: (i) full protection against retaliation, establishing specific sanctions for those who retaliate; (ii) exemption from civil or criminal liability in relation to a report in good faith; and (iii) identity confidentiality. Furthermore, the Statute provided for a reward of up to 5% of the amount recovered, when information results in recovery of revenue resulting from crimes against the public administration (government).

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Licks Attorneys Compliance’s Blog provides regular and insightful updates about Ethic and Compliance. The posts are authored by Alexandre Dalmasso, our partner. Licks Attorneys is a top tier Brazilian law firm, specialized in Intellectual Property and recognized for its success handling large and strategic projects in the country.

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And how about the privacy and protection of personal data in the United States of America?

In this unique year of 2020, the significant milestone in the area of privacy and protection of personal data in the United States of America (USA) remains undoubtedly the CCPA - California Consumer Privacy Act, which started to protect the citizens of the State of California against commercial use of their personal data without their consent. But does privacy and protection of personal data in the US come down to the CCPA only?

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São Paulo State Government prohibits pharmacies and drugstores from requiring a CPF to grant discounts to their customers

The Governor of the State of São Paulo, João Agripino da Costa Doria Junior – better known as João Doria – sanctioned State Bill # 1212/2019 on December 1, 2020. The bill was authored by State Deputy Alex de Madureira as he is known, since his name is Alexander Muniz de Oliveira, being born in Piracicaba, SP, and affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD).

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The right of the subject to access their personal data and the nightmare this creates for businesses

The General Data Protection Law (LGPD) – Law 13.709 / 2018 – was designed to standardize the protection of personal data handled by third parties (individuals, companies, or the government) for commercial purposes.

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Drugmaker launches litigation against the US government to enable co-payments

According to Reuters, Pfizer Inc. filed a lawsuit on June 26, 2020, to make it possible to help beneficiaries of the federal healthcare program - Medicare - pay for two drugs to treat a rare and sometimes fatal heart disease, and that cost $225,000 a year.

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Corruption and the criminal liability of companies

Corruption is a topic that always attracts the attention of the media and society.  In some ways, it resembles a kind of metastatic societal cancer, in which a cell released into the bloodstream may burst like a new tumor, anytime, anywhere.

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ABNT Security Certification Diverges from the European Authority's Position on Privacy and Data Protection

A TV commercial recently broadcast to promote a vehicle hire application informed viewers that it was the first and only company in the sector security certified by the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT).

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Risk assessment - Is yours up to date?

Is your risk assessment up to date?  This is a question that should regularly be asked within any financial institution.  Unfortunately, in most cases, the answer is postponed or even ignored, up until the moment when a government agent needs to evaluate that company's compliance program.

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United States government announces largest healthcare and opioid enforcement action in history

The US Department of Justice (USDOJ) announced a historic nationwide enforcement action against healthcare fraud.  This unprecedented initiative involves 345 charged defendants in 51 federal districts, including more than 100 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals.

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Compliance in the financial market

Ordinance BACEN 3,978 of January 23, 2020, which was created for the purpose of regulating the policy, procedures and internal controls to be adopted by institutions authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil (BACEN) with a view to preventing the use of financial system for the practice of crimes of “laundering” or concealment of assets, rights and values, as set out in Law 9,613, of March 3, 1998, and of terrorism financing, provided for in Law 13,260, of December 16, March 2016, would come into force on July 1, 2020. However, Ordinance BACEN 4,005, dated April 16, 2020, changed the effective date to October 1, 2020.

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The role of the European Union's Data Protection Officer (Encarregado)

The position of ‘Data Protection Officer’ – established initially under the terms of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – has been imported into Brazil’s equivalent General Data Protection Law (LGDP) with the slightly peculiar title of  “Encarregado.”

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Rules to protect whistleblowers in the European Union

In April 2018, the European Union launched a proposal to create a Directive standardizing whistleblower protection rules and clarifying the proper protection to be given to those reporting a company's misconduct.

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The concept of the foreign public official under the Usa's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

The definition of the 'foreign public official,' according to the USA's anti-corruption law – the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – has always been a sui generis aspect of the regulation, considering its breadth in comparison with similar standards in other countries.

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The principles of the General Data Protection Law - LGDP

The General Data Protection Law (LGPD), Law 13,709 of August 14, 2018, was enacted after the president's sanction, on September 18, 2020,  converting the Provisional Measure 959/2020 into law, and regulating the protection of personal data of individuals, with a level of detail never before achieved by any other local law.

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FCPA Review 2019

On the afternoon of August 27th, webinar ‘FCPA Review 2019’ was presented by partner Alexandre Dalmasso.

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