Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Brazil passes bill on Internet privacy


Brazil's Congress has passed a bill guaranteeing Internet privacy and enshrining access to the Web.


The Senate passed the legislation late Tuesday, on the eve of a two-day conference in Sao Paulo on the future of Internet governance that's expected to draw representatives from 80 countries.


Brazil has cast itself as a defender of Internet freedom following revelations last year that President Dilma Rousseff, as well as the state-run oil company Petrobras, were targeted for surveillance by the United States' National Security Agency.


The bill puts limits on the metadata that can be collected from Internet users in Brazil. It also makes Internet service providers not liable for content published by their users.


Rousseff, who's attending the conference, must sign the legislation for it to become law.



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