Abstract:Data protection laws are an advancement in protecting individuals but are not without criticism. Although discrimination on the grounds of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" systemically violate LGBTQIA+’s fundamental rights and freedoms, the Brazilian National Congress failed to explicitly list either personal information as sensitive in the Brazilian General Data Protection Law. Exploring the hermeneutical flexibility of this law, this article argues that both "sexual orientation" and "gender identit… Show more
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