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Diego Bonomo

Diego Bonomo is a senior advisor in the firm’s London office. Diego, a non-lawyer, has more than 25 years of Brazil regulatory, trade, and foreign affairs experience at leading business associations, think tanks, companies, and academic institutions. Diego also served in the Brazilian government.

Before joining the firm, Diego was Team Leader of the Brazil Trade Facilitation Program at Palladium and Executive Manager of International Affairs at Brazil’s National Confederation of Industry -- CNI. At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, he served as Senior Director of the International Division and Senior Director for Policy of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council. Diego also was Executive Director of the Brazil Industries Coalition -- BIC, the leading Brazilian business coalition in the United States, and General Coordinator of Foreign and Trade Affairs at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo -- FIESP. He previously served in the Office of the President of Brazil as advisor to the Minister of Long-Term Planning.

Diego holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in international relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.

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In recent months, children’s online safety and privacy have moved to the top of the EU’s digital agenda. The European Commission is expected to outline its proposal on minors’ access to social media this week, a potentially significant development that would build on the recommendations of the Commission’s Special Panel on child safety online and mounting pressure from Member States.

The EU is not moving in isolation. Similar debates on minors’ access to online platforms, age assurance, and safety-by-design obligations are emerging in other jurisdictions. These include Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as a rapidly developing patchwork of state-level age-verification, app-store, and device-based age-assurance requirements in the United States.

This post provides a horizon-scanning update on the principal regulatory developments at the EU level, selected national developments, and some relevant developments outside the EU.

Continue Reading Horizon Scan: Children’s Online Safety and Privacy (EU and Beyond)

Four Internet of Things (IoT) related tax relief provisions are due to expire on December 31, 2025.  Two bills were introduced in Brazil’s National Congress to extend these provisions and are currently in debate under a fast-track rule.  Companies that provide and implement IoT projects can engage congressional leaders to secure the bills’ approval.

Tax Relief Provisions

The Brazilian Internet of Things Act of 2020 reduced to zero four fees and contributions for companies implementing and operating IoT projects:

  • The Installation Oversight Fee (“TFI”), due when the authorization is granted to operate IoT stations;
  • The Operation Oversight Fee (“TFF”), due annually;
  • The Public Broadcasting Support Contribution (“CFRP”), due annually; and
  • The National Film Production Development Contribution (“Condecine”), due annually.

Some of these fees and contributions, as well as roaming-related restrictions to international IoT providers, are listed in the Brazil section of the Office of the United States Trade Representative 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers.

Continue Reading Brazil’s Internet of Things Tax Relief Due to Expire in 2025

Brazil’s National Data Protection Agency (“ANPD”) initiated a public consultation on the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and data protection.  At this point, there is no proposed draft regulation, but ANPD is requesting responses to 15 open-ended questions.  The consultation may lead to specific legislation and regulation.

The questions include topics such as: the compatibilization of AI and data protection principles; AI-related data treatment; data ownership rights in connection with AI use; and good practices and governance.

The consultation is open until December 5, 2024.

Continue Reading Brazilian Government Opens Consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection

Tomorrow, the Federal Senate of the Brazilian National Congress may have its first vote on the country’s new artificial intelligence (AI) legal framework, which takes a human rights, risk management, and transparency approach.

The bill, to be marked-up by the Senate Temporary Committee on Artificial Intelligence (“CTIA”), creates a broad and detailed legal framework. It contains rules on the rights of affected persons and groups, risk categorization and management, governance of AI systems, civil liability, penalties for non-compliance, and copyright protection. It also includes specific provisions for government use of AI, best practices and self-regulation, and communication of serious security incidents. Finally, it establishes an inter-agency regulatory system at the federal government level, whose main regulator will be chosen by the executive branch.

Continue Reading Key Vote Expected on Brazil’s Artificial Intelligence Legal Framework