The Privacy and Data Protection in Superior Courts research group aims to explore the interpretation and application of Brazilian Superior Courts, in particular the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), with regard to protection of personal data. Based on an analysis of relevant Court decisions, the group seeks to understand the maturity of the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) and the recognition of data protection as a fundamental right, investigating the trends and challenges in this area. In this way, the group intends to contribute to the strengthening of a solid legal approach centered on privacy, with the potential to influence practices in the public and private sectors, and consolidating a more robust and modern legal basis in Brazil.
The group intends to explore the interpretation and application of Brazilian Superior Courts regarding data protection, analyzing relevant decisions from the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and Superior Court of Justice (STJ). The maturity of the LGPD and the recognition of data protection as a fundamental right point to an evolving jurisprudence, which balances technological innovation and fundamental rights. This research group will analyze the trends and challenges of data protection in Brazil based on the jurisprudence of the Courts, contributing to the strengthening of a safe legal approach that is centered on privacy, in order to influence practices in the public and private sectors, thus consolidating a more robust and modern legal basis in Brazil.
Bruno Bioni has a PhD in Commercial Law and a Masters in Civil Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo (USP). In the academic field, he was a study visitor at the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the Department of Personal Data Protection of the Council of Europe (CoE), as well as a visiting researcher at the Center for Research on Law, Technology and Society at the Faculty of Law of University of Ottawa. He is the author of the books “Personal Data Protection: the function and limits of consent” and “Regulation and Data Protection: the principle of accountability”, as well as the organizer of several books, such as “Data Protection: context, narratives and founding elements”. He was part of a series of research groups, including the Public Policy Group for Access to Information at USP/GPoPAI-USP and the Latin American Network for Studies on Surveillance, Technology and Society (LAVITS). He was a legal and government relations advisor to the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and the Ponto BR Information and Coordination Center (NIC.br.) He is the Founding Director of Data Privacy Brasil, a space of intersection between a course school and a research association in the area of privacy and data protection. He is a Founding Partner of Bioni Consultoria, being a lawyer and reviewer. Finally, he was a member of the Federal Senate Committee of jurists on Artificial Intelligence and is currently a member of the National Data Protection Council (CNPD), designated as head among the representatives of civil society organizations. At the end of 2023, he was appointed member of the Study Committee on Digital Integrity and Transparency in Internet Platforms of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), and in 2024 he will represent Data Privacy Brasil at the G20 in Think Tank 20 (T20), which is a Task Force focused on Inclusive Digital Transformation, in which he became co-chair of Brazil, together with ORF India
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