ANPD publishes guidelines on “Cookies and Personal Data Protection”

On October 18, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published guidelines regarding cookies and personal data. The document aims to guide data processing agents on the best practices regarding cookies, such as the preparation of a cookies notice and the correct use of cookies banners, while also addressing the legal bases applicable in different circumstances (especially consent vs. legitimate interest).

The official statement published by the ANPD and the guidelines are available in Portuguese at ANPD lança guia orientativo “Cookies e Proteção de Dados Pessoais” — Português (Brasil) (www.gov.br) and guia-orientativo-cookies-e-protecao-de-dados-pessoais.pdf (www.gov.br).

For more information, please contact the heads of the Privacy and Data Protection team, Adriano Chaves and Marcia Mandelbaum.