Brazil

Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD) is the foremost government body that ensures the privacy of individual rights and protects data compliance in Brazil Data protection in Brazil. Under the leadership of its Director-President Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Junior, along with the board of directors appointed by the Brazilian Senate for the five members of the ANPD's Board of the ANPD serves as the independent and impartial regulatory agency New law turns the ANPD into an independent regulatory agency and the ANPD works as the organization having its own superintendencies and strong technical team Brazil's National Data Protection Authority - Compliance Week, where it not only serves as an educational body for businesses adopting digital standardizations but also as a strict enforcement agency punishing big companies like its R$153.7 million fine on ByteDance over small safety issues to ensure the basic constitutional right to personal data privacy is ensured uniformly Brazil Fines TikTok Owner ByteDance R$153.7 Million.

Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD) is the enforcement arm of the privacy protection system in Brazil, constantly working to interpret, implement, and enforce the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) of the nation. Acting as the main data protection organization of Brazil, the ANPD audits public and private organizations, conducts investigations into data breaches, and receives complaints from users about any misuse of data. Besides conducting routine supervision duties, the ANPD also develops technical standards for companies, receives mandatory notifications about security incidents, and monitors international transfers of data, as demonstrated in its harmonization of Resolution No. 32/2026 to ensure seamless transfer of GDPR-compliant data with the European Union. In light of new laws like the Digital ECA (Law No. 15,211/2025), the agency ensures that proper age verification measures and transparency reports are in place for the protection of children, while at the same time regulating the use of advanced technologies in Brazil, including AI models trained using data from Brazil.