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On February 16, CEST (Study Center Society and Technology) of the University of São Paulo and Brasscom brought together entrepreneurs, executives, jurists, and representatives from state and federal organs for debates during the event Data Protection and the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet.
Around 60 executives were brought together and the group was divided into two themes. Participating in the first panel, about Data Protection, were Marília de Aguiar Monteiro – Coordinator of Consume and Information Technology Society with the General Coordination of Marketing Studies and Monitoring of the Department of the Protection and Defense of Consumers (SENACON, in Portuguese); Danilo Doneda – Coordinator-General of Marketing Studies and Monitoring with the National Secretariat of the Consumer of the Department of Justice; and Vanessa Butalla – Juridical Manager of Serasa Experian. Maristela Basso, professor with the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo, acted as mediator of the debates.
Marília Monteiro pointed out that the law of Personal Data Protection is meant to guarantee and protect, within the scope of how to deal with personal data, a person’s dignity and fundamental rights mainly in relation to their personal and familiar liberty, equality, and privacy. Furthermore, she explained that this theme has been taken care of by SECON since 2005. In the end, she invited all the people present to take part in the public debate about the Draft Bill in the site:
http://participacao.mj.gov.br/dadospessoais/.
Participating in the second panel, the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, were: Demi Getschko – Advisor of the Management Committee for the Internet in Brazil (CGI.br); Henrique Faulhaber – Advisor of the Management Committee for the Internet in Brazil (CGI.br); and His Excellency Doctor Ronaldo Alves de Andrade, Judge of the Court of Justice of São Paulo and Professor of Law. Sergio Paulo Gallindo, president of Brasscom, acted as mediator of the debates.
Before starting the debate, Sergio Paulo Gallindo presented the Brasscom’s contributions submitted to the CGI over themes such as Network Neutrality, Social Principles, and Economic Principals.
Demi Getschko called the attention to the importance of the objectives of the discussion of the Brazilian Civil Rights for the Internet and the risks of its distortions. “We have to look into the matter in order to clarify the concepts about the Brazilian Civil Rights for the Internet. It is important to explain that the Brazilian Civil Rights for the Internet code has not been created to solve the problem of Social Inclusion or Inequality, that is, it is not the solution to all problems. The Brazilian Civil Rights for the Internet has come specifically to try to protect the internet as it is.”
The advisor of the Management Committee for the Internet in Brazil concluded its explanation by quoting British writer, journalist, historian, philosopher and lecturer Gilbert Keith Chesterton: “Breaking a great law does not bring us liberty or anarchy. It only brings us many and small laws…”, and he ended: “The Brazilian Civil Rights for the Internet is a Great Law – let’s spread its understanding and defend its use!”
