Carlos Afonso
Carlos Alberto Afonso is a consultant at the Nupef Institute. He was one of the pioneers in the development of the Internet in Brazil by creating Alternex as an experimental messaging system that would evolve into the first Internet service provider in the country. In 1995, while he was one of the directors of IBASE […]
Carlos Alberto Afonso is a consultant at the Nupef Institute. He was one of the pioneers in the development of the Internet in Brazil by creating Alternex as an experimental messaging system that would evolve into the first Internet service provider in the country. In 1995, while he was one of the directors of IBASE (Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses), he worked for the creation of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), of which he was a member until 2017. He is a member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
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Emerging trends in the regulation of platform work in Brazil: a preliminary report
The new report produced by Data Privacy Brasil provides a brief introduction to the topic, exposing the size and importance of the Brazilian platform market.
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Data Privacy Brazil participates in the inaugural event of the T20
Between March 4th and 6th, the Organizing Committee of T20 Brazil - composed of CEBRI, FUNAG, and IPEA - held the first official event of the engagement group. The event took place entirely virtually and was openly broadcast to the public.
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Inclusive Digital Transformation in the T20
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Privacy, Public Transparency and Climate Change
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Data Privacy Global Conference 2023 started today
Data Privacy Global Conference, organized by Data Privacy Brasil, started this Monday (November 27th) in São Paulo, at the ESPM School.
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Data Privacy Brasil, Paradigm Initiative and Aapti Institute announce the launch of the “Datafication and Democracy Fund”
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Data Privacy Global Conference 2023: an overview
The second edition of the Data Privacy Global Conference brought together professionals from more than one hundred civil, business and government organizations in a two-day event in the city of São Paulo, between November 27th and 28th, 2023. With more than 20 sponsors, the 2023 DPGC edition was a public success, with more than 250 participants.
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Recentering User Needs in Digital Financial Infrastructures: The Global South Way
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Emerging trends in the regulation of platform work in Brazil: a preliminary report
The new report produced by Data Privacy Brasil provides a brief introduction to the topic, exposing the size and importance of the Brazilian platform market.
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Inclusive Digital Transformation in the T20
The year 2024 marks Brazil's presidency in the G20, the group of the world's largest economies, chaired by our country for the first time. It is a year of great opportunity for Brazil to influence a broad global governance agenda, prioritizing issues such as inequality, climate change, and, of course, digital transformations.
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Privacy, Public Transparency and Climate Change
How transparency and data protection can help environmental public policies in Brazil.
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Data Privacy Global Conference 2023 started today
Data Privacy Global Conference, organized by Data Privacy Brasil, started this Monday (November 27th) in São Paulo, at the ESPM School.
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Data Privacy Brasil, Paradigm Initiative and Aapti Institute announce the launch of the “Datafication and Democracy Fund”
The fund aims to finance activities that strengthen the work of NGOs in the Global South on issues of datafication and democracy
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Data Privacy Global Conference 2023: an overview
The second edition of the Data Privacy Global Conference brought together professionals from more than one hundred civil, business and government organizations in a two-day event in the city of São Paulo, between November 27th and 28th, 2023. With more than 20 sponsors, the 2023 DPGC edition was a public success, with more than 250 participants.
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Recentering User Needs in Digital Financial Infrastructures: The Global South Way
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At UNCTAD eWeek, Data Privacy Brasil will discuss the intersection between digital economy and human rights in AI regulation
The UNCTAD eWeek, an initiative of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in partnership with eTrade for all, will occur from the 4th until the 8th of December.
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Empowering the Global South: Seizing the Opportunity for Digital Rights Governance in G20 and Beyond
The G20 represents a critical policy space for addressing emergent challenges on a global scale and its importance as a platform is pronounced when we consider its significance for the Global South.
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The intersection between AI regulation in the South and digital trade clauses involving source code and algorithms
Recap of Session 43 of the WTO’s 2023 Public Forum organized by Data Privacy Brasil and REBRIP
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Research highlights Global South engagement in digital rights policy making
The Data Privacy Brasil Research Association announces the launch of the research report on Global South perspectives on international engagement in digital rights.
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Data Privacy Brazil participates in the 18th edition of the Internet Governance Forum in Japan
Data Privacy Brasil will aim to monitor and contribute to topics such as governance, regulation, accountability, and digital civil identity, giving visibility to the Brazilian scenario and the Global South.
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At the WTO Public Forum, Data Privacy Brasil and REBRIP will discuss the intersection between AI regulation and digital trade commitments involving source code and algorithms.
The WTO Public Forum 2023 will take place between September 12th and 15th in Geneva.
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Job Opening: Digital Librarian
The Data Privacy Brasil makes the notice public with registrations until September 15, 2023.
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Data Privacy Brasil participates in UN’s OHCHR briefing on Brazil
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Data Privacy Brasil’s contribution to the Thematic Deep Dive of Artificial Intelligence and other Emerging Technologies of the Global Digital Compact
As other civil society organizations already pointed out, notable preference was given to the speech of Member States, UN agencies, and the private sector, at the expense of human rights civil society organizations, which prevented the speech that had been prepared by the DBPR and other civil society stakeholders.
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Data Privacy Brasil contributes to the Thematic Deep Dive in Data Protection (Global Digital Compact)
Data Privacy Brasil participated in the Thematic Deep Dive Session in Data Protection, organized by the co-facilitators ambassadors of the Global Digital Compact.
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Southern Alliance for the Global Digital Compact
Responding to the call made by the United Nations, the Data Privacy Brazil Research Association, together with organizations from the Global South, presents a contribution to the Global Digital Compact.
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Data Privacy Brasil Research Association contributes to UN open call on the relationship between human rights and technical standard-setting processes
We received a call as an opportunity to submit suggestions to inform the OHCHR report on the relationship between human rights and standard-setting processes for new and emerging digital technologies.
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Our second workshop of a series about technical forum talks about the International Telecommunications Union
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Why should we all pay attention to the Brazilian Digital ID system?
The implementation of digital identity systems is increasing around the world, especially in Global Southern countries. The model widely adopted is known as Big ID, promoted by or linked to public administration bodies which use centralized biometric databases to identify and authenticate citizens (Access Now, 2021).
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