From: Nearshore Americas
Brazil’s new Marco Civil law is aimed at creating a standard application of internet regulation, but it hasn’t erased all confusion about liability.
In the past year and a half, Brazil has taken significant steps towards enacting a comprehensive legal framework to govern internet use and data security. Many questions remain to be answered, particularly about the final form of regulations and the impact they will have both within Brazil and on foreign businesses operating there.
But it is clear that this set of new laws is an important development for Latin America in the area of internet and privacy law. The new laws are already shaping and changing the liability regime for internet intermediaries, and the jurisprudence in this area is sure to continue to evolve substantially. Internet intermediaries will have to integrate these changes and uncertainties into their business models and risk analyses — and be prepared to evolve.
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