Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet
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Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet (in Portuguese: Marco Civil da Internet, officially (Federal) Law No 12.965/2014) is the law that governs the use of the Internet in Brazil and sets out guidelines for state action and rights and duties for users and operators.
The bill was approved by the Brazilian Congress
History
The project was created in partnership between the
The first round of the draft took place between October 29 and December 17, 2009. More than 800 substantive contributions were received, including comments, e-mails, alternative drafts and references. The conception of the Marco Civil was originally created by professor Ronaldo Lemos, in an article published on May 22, 2007.[4]
Following the first round of discussions, the draft was published for public comments, throughout a collaborative process. The debates of the second phase took place between April 8 and May 30, 2010.
On August 24, 2011,
The Marco Civil was described by the then Ministry of Justice, Luiz Paulo Barreto as "The Constitution of the Internet"[6] in Brazil.
The project was scheduled to be voted several times in November 2012.
An English/Portuguese translation, with changes marked in the Portuguese, was published circa November 18, 2013.[7]
As a reaction to the allegations of NSA monitoring Brazil's telecoms networks, passing the Marco Civil (which is often called "The Internet Constitution" in Brazil) has become a priority reaction for the Brazilian Government,[8] as affirmed by President Dilma Rousseff during her speech to the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, on September 24, 2013.[9]
An unofficial translation into English was made available by Paulo Rená in March 2014.[10]
Controversy
In 2012 the National Association of Federal Police Chiefs issued a press release arguing the law was unconstitutional. [11]
English Version of the approved Marco Civil
The approved law was translated into English by
The Chamber of Deputies has also made an English translation available.
References
- ^ Pereira, Paulo Celso; Jungblut, Cristiane (25 March 2014). "Câmara aprova Marco Civil da Internet e projeto segue para o Senado". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Mari, Angelica. "Brazil passes groundbreaking Internet governance Bill". ZDNet. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ "The Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet". FGV Direito Rio. May 9, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Lemos, Ronaldo. "Internet brasileira precisa de marco regulatório civil". Universo Online (in Portuguese). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ "Governo apresenta proposta do Marco Civil da Internet ao Congresso Nacional". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 6, 2011.
- ^ "Barreto defende criação de 'Constituição' da Internet". G1 (Rede Globo) (in Portuguese). May 13, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ^ "Substitutive Bill Proposal to Bill No. 2,126, from 2011" (PDF). Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Mari, Angelica (July 10, 2013). "Internet Constitution becomes priority for Brazilian government". ZDNet. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ^ "General Debate of the 68th Session - Brazil". General Assembly of the United Nations. September 24, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ "Marco Civil da Internet Unofficial English Translation". March 28, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ "Delegados da Polícia Federal dizem que Marco Civil é inconstitucional". G1 (in Portuguese). Globo. 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- Tavares, Mônica (August 25, 2011). "Marco Civil da internet isenta sites por conteúdo de terceiros e prevê que registros devem ser armazenados por um ano". Jornal O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- "Marco Civil". culturadigital.br (in Portuguese). 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- "Delegados da Polícia Federal dizem que Marco Civil é inconstitucional". g1.globo.com (in Portuguese). 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
External links
- "Marco Civil (in English)" (PDF). English version by Carolina Rossini and adopted and distributed by CGI.Br after the NetMundial event in April, 2014, Brazil.
- "The Brazilian Civil Framework of the Internet (in English)" (PDF). English translation published by the Documentation and Information Center of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies..
- "PL 2126/2011 - Projetos de Lei e Outras Proposições". Câmara dos Deputados. 2015.
- Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet on Twitter
- "Brazil Law 12965 (Lei 12965 do Marco Civil da Internet) of April 23, 2014 (portuguese)". Federal government of Brazil. 2014.
- "Brazil law decree 8771 (Decreto-Lei 8771 do Marco Civil da Internet) of May 11, 2016 (portuguese)". Federal government of Brazil. 2016.
- "Lei 13709 (14/Agosto/2018) Dispõe sobre a proteção de dados pessoais e altera a Lei nº 12.965, de 23 de abril de 2014 (Marco Civil da Internet) / Law 13709 (August 14, 2018) Provides for the protection of personal data and amends Law no. 12.965, of April 23, 2014 (Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet) (portuguese)". Federal government of Brazil. 2018.