The infectious process of COVID-19 in the data regime in Brazil: the LGPD as a vaccine under test in the treatment of personal data in the public sector

Abstract

The article addresses the normative foundations of statistical data collection, the emergence and application of the Open Data Policy (ODP) in Brazil, especially with regard to health data. From the processing of data performed by the government, it is demonstrated the common space that unites these two concepts to the protection of personal data. In the second part, given the current context of the pandemic, examples of actions of the federal government regarding health data and how state actions in this matter were received by the Judiciary and civil society are presented. Finally, it seeks to demonstrate how open data management should be linked to the protection of personal data as instrumental to the synergy of the public and private sectors. The methodology adopted is deductive and the research technique is indirect with bibliographic source.