Work Area: Data privacy

Mexico's González Calvillo, SC has promoted two senior associates to partner and another three to counsel, strengthening its capital markets, project finance, data privacy, litigation and environmental practices.

03 June 2020

Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court has struck down a government order forcing telecommunications companies to provide access to user information, declaring in the process that data protection is a fundamental right.

15 May 2020

Featured in Covid-19: reporting on a crisis

Chile is the only country in the world pressing ahead with plans to issue carnets de alta – release cards – for individuals who have recovered after contracting coronavirus. The logic behind the cards is to enable staff who have had covid-19 to return to work quickly to help restart the economy. But law firms and clients must tread carefully, with the legal implications surrounding the use of the cards leaving lawyers divided over their effectiveness.

06 May 2020

Featured in Covid-19: reporting on a crisis

With Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court set to decide the lawfulness of a government order for telecoms companies to provide information on up to 226 million residents, the country’s attorney general has issued an opinion arguing that the government’s scheme is constitutional given the circumstances presented by the covid-19 pandemic.

06 May 2020

The Colombian data protection regulator is looking into Zoom’s privacy and security practices after the number of people using the video-conferencing app has soared. By Charlie Baskerville

01 May 2020

Featured in Covid-19: reporting on a crisis

Technologies that foster remote working are having a moment. The covid-19 pandemic means most of us are working from home, with lawyers relying on online communication platforms to contact colleagues and clients. Within this era of remote working, tech threats loom larger than ever. Law firms must ensure their lawyers, clients and data are protected.

23 April 2020

Featured in Covid-19: reporting on a crisis

Latin Lawyer speaks to Carlos Miguel Rivas, a lawyer and tech start-up co-founder whose new app is helping to track and contain the covid-19 epidemic in El Salvador.

21 April 2020

Featured in Covid-19: managing in a crisis

Technologies that foster remote working are having a moment. The covid-19 pandemic means most of us are working from home, with lawyers relying on online communication platforms to contact colleagues and clients. Within this era of remote working, tech threats loom larger than ever. GCs across the region must ensure their employees, businesses and data are protected.

20 April 2020

Colombia’s data protection enforcer has ordered Facebook to certifiably improve its security measures in the country – quashing an appeal by the social media company in the process.

20 April 2020

Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados has helped WhatsApp obtain an injunction to prevent marketing company Yacows to use WhatsApp’s services to send bulk messages through its platform.

17 April 2020