✨ It is a great honour to announce that I have been appointed as a member of the new Advisory Council of the Interministerial Committee for Digital Transformation, established by the Brazilian Presidency @presidencia_BR

@SmritiParsheera @LindeloSnail @MelodyMusoni @pablopalazzi @BricsCyber @CTS_FGV Non-final versions of all chapters, including also English versions of all national #DataProtection frameworks, are available on the #CyberBRICS website @BricsCyber @FGV @CTS_FGV https://t.co/ijgTvLFYxp

@SmritiParsheera @LindeloSnail @MelodyMusoni @pablopalazzi @BricsCyber @CTS_FGV The concluding chapter outlines realistic, concrete pathways for cooperation, proposing model contractual clauses for transborder data transfers and mechanisms for sustainable data flows and digital #trade that respect data-subject #rights, #cybersecurity and #digitalsovereignty.

@SmritiParsheera @LindeloSnail @MelodyMusoni @pablopalazzi @BricsCyber @CTS_FGV Our analysis underscores the specificities, but also the growing convergence and compatibility among the #BRICS data protection frameworks. https://t.co/ijgTvLFYxp

@SmritiParsheera @LindeloSnail @MelodyMusoni @pablopalazzi @BricsCyber @CTS_FGV Drawing on the research from the @BricsCyber Project, each chapter examines the unique legal and regulatory architectures of the member countries, highlighting the complexities of balancing #dataprotection, technological #innovation, national #sovereignty and economic growth.

@SmritiParsheera 6 Personal Data Architectures in South Africa — @LindeloSnail & @MelodyMusoni 7 Fostering Sustainable Data Flows in the BRICS Countries: Towards a Global Framework for Data Governance — Luca Belli, Walter Gaspar & @pablopalazzi https://t.co/m0wVbMiToA @BRICScyber @CTS_FGV

@SmritiParsheera 📚 Table of contents: (continued) 5 Assessing the Chinese Personal Information Protection Law (#PIPL) and Beyond: The Stakeholder Architecture of Data Protection in #China — @weiwanglaw, Sofia Chang & Larissa Chen https://t.co/m0wVbMiToA

📚 Table of contents: (continued) 3 The Personal Data Architecture of #Russia — Anna Churshina & Anna Kruglikova 4 Awaiting the Dawn of Data Protection Regulation in #India — @SmritiParsheera

📚 Table of contents: 1 Understanding the BRICS Countries, their #DigitalCooperation, and their Emerging Data Protection Architectures — Luca Belli 2 The Personal Data Architecture of Brazil — Walter Britto Gaspar https://t.co/m0wVbMjre8

The volume offers timely insights into how the shared ambition of developing of “a global framework for #datagovernance” might take concrete shape

It is especially relevant in light of the recent expansion of the grouping to six new members and considering the 2024 and 2025 BRICS Declaration’s commitment to jointly promote the development of “a global framework for #datagovernance”

The book is the only existing work providing a comprehensive analysis of personal #dataprotection frameworks within the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China, & South Africa - and explores the potential for enhanced cooperation in the governance of international #dataflows

I’m thrilled to share that our new book #PersonalData Architectures in the #BRICS Countries, published by Oxford University Press, will be available on 18 December and is already available online format https://t.co/GEmVrWVDg6

@1lucabelli Luca Belli emphasized that PIX, as a public digital infrastructure, offered Brazil an alternative capable of disrupting the global monopolies of Visa and Mastercard, which concentrated not only fees but also enormous volumes of economic data.

📌 The session “AI competitive advantage”, moderated by Nicolo Zingales, is now beginning, featuring thought-provoking remarks from Thomas Cheng, @1lucabelli, Giuseppe Mazziotti and Vitor Ido, and a debate with representatives from the competition authorities of the BRICS+.

📌 The panel “Ex ante regulation: the Brazilian proposal and other emerging BRICS approaches” is starting, presented by Alexandre Ferreira, Beatriz Kira, Camila Pires, Vitor Jardim Barbosa, Vikas Kathuria, Thomas Cheng, Vitória Oliveira, and moderated by Caio Mario Pereira Neto.

@1lucabelli recalled that, by making BRICS a priority in recent years, FGV Direito Rio has created one of the few spaces in the world dedicated to academic and personal connections that strengthen an international community of qualified research on the bloc.

📌 @1lucabelli, professor da FGV Direito Rio e coordenador do CTS-FGV, participará do curso sobre Data Science Law, organizado pela Toronto Metropolitan University.

In my most recent piece for @techpolicypress I look at some of the recent conversations and discourse around internet sovereignty in India. I conclude with: "Conversations about “internet sovereignty” should not mistakenly assume that the exercise of sovereign state power over

📌O grupo de pesquisadores do Data Regulations do CTS acaba de publicar o livro “Redes Sociais e LGPD”, uma obra para entender os desafios da proteção de dados no ambiente digital.

📢 Call for Papers for the Atlantic Dialogues on Technology and Regulation - 2026.