Data Protection In Latin America And The Challenges Of Covid-19
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1678-2593.2020v19n42.54590Keywords:
Proteção de Dados, ComplianceAbstract
The article deals with a relevant topic for its historical moment, which is the need for the use of personal data by public authorities in the fight against the global pandemic of COVID-19. This need for access to the most diverse information in the face of the global pandemic causes several ethical, political and legal conflicts. Based on this problem, the text seeks to analyze the legal structure of Latin American countries regarding data protection and access and as this relates to the need for access by health authorities. It concludes that they have more advanced legal and institutional data protection structures have conditions for sharing information without undue exposure of citizen information. The hypothetical deductive method was used, using the literature review as a methodological procedure.