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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 20 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 for International Affairs at Brazil’s National Confederation of Industry (Confederação Nacional da Indústria, 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 (Federação das Indústrias do Estado de 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.

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