The platform enables the assessment of potential security and privacy gaps and aims to educate professionals working with data processing.
The Brazilian government has launched a system to mitigate security risks stemming from non compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations within federal government bodies. The measures, intended to guide central government bodies to analyze risks to citizen privacy in relation to personal data, also include a series of guides aimed at supporting the effective application of the rules. Launched by the Digital Government Secretariat (DGS), the toolkit is described as a resource to ensure compliance with the data protection law and avoid situations where personal data may be compromised. The DGS noted this is particularly critical as more services are delivered online, citing examples such as requesting the government’s emergency aid during the Covid-19 pandemic through digital means, or in the social security system, in procedures such as the digital proof of life for pensioners.
