en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) and the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) recently renewed their Technical Cooperation Agreement (ACT), continuing joint efforts in data protection and competition regulation. ANPD Director Waldemar Gonçalves stated that the extension reflects the maturity of the inter-institutional partnership and both parties' understanding of digital challenges.
The two agencies have different perspectives on data flow regulation: Cade views data flows as economic assets and competitive factors, while ANPD regards them as a fundamental right. ANPD Council Interim President Diogo Thomson believes that balancing these two perspectives is a major challenge for the agencies, ensuring that privacy becomes a parameter of competition quality rather than an artificial barrier between participants.
Experts point out that potential regulatory conflicts are another important issue. Platforms cannot use data protection and privacy as excuses to engage in anti-competitive behavior or hinder information portability, although information portability requires strict security protocols.
With the evolution of Brazilian regulatory frameworks, including the Digital Children's Law (ECA Digital), the Digital Markets Bill (PL 4675/2025), and the Internet Civil Rights Framework (MCI), the regulatory environment will become more challenging. Taking the Digital Children's Law as an example, regulations need to establish rules to prevent manipulative patterns in design and prevent compulsive use, while being comprehensive and proportionate to avoid affecting benign tools such as educational applications.
Renata Mielli, Coordinator of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), emphasized that banning online applications should be considered an extreme measure. Actions stipulated in the draft should be symmetrical, set clear time limits, maintain transparency, and respect decentralized architectures.
The two agencies also expressed concerns about the development of artificial intelligence, particularly regarding vertical integration issues that may arise from cooperation between competing companies to develop technology.
