Research outlines on the risks associated to the privatization of Dataprev and Serpro to the private sector in the event of a sale to the private sector.
The imminent sale of two government-owned companies could present serious risks to the privacy of Brazilian citizens and national sovereignty, according to research. The conclusions are part of a study published by the Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socio-Economic Studies (DIEESE), which has analyzed 200 public sector organizations in terms of their current scope and possibilities after the pandemic. Warnings in relation to the future of Dataprev, the government’s social security technology and information company, and Serpro, the federal data processing service, are outlined in the study. The organizations, which employ over 12,000 staff, are due to be sold in 2021 as part of the national privatization program. Dataprev and Serpro are responsible for the most critical data storage and processing systems for the functioning of the federal administration, the DIEESE study argued.
