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The challenge of adequacy with Brazil’s General Data Protection Law

By Jane Murphy

January 23, 2021

International Compliance

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“Compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law has proven to be an essential and complex challenge for organizations. The lack of a data-driven culture, legal uncertainties, low investment in data governance and a growing landscape of cyber insecurity contributes to this complexity.”

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Jane Murphy

Jane Murphy is a Belgian-Canadian lawyer specialising in data protection, corporate law, and EU regulations. She holds law degrees from Canada and Belgium, an LL.M. in EU and International Law, a Data Protection Certificate, and completed an International Business summer programme at Harvard, and an “AI:Implications for Business Strategy » executive program at MIT. Jane also has 15+ years of board experience across Europe and Asia and currently chairs Oracle Financial Services Software (OFSS) in Mumbai.

The challenge of adequacy with Brazil’s General Data Protection Law

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Jane Murphy

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