General data protection law and consumer law

Abstract

The theme of this work is the General Data Protection Law and consumer law, with the general objective of analyzing the requirements of the General Data Protection Law that directly influence the scope of Consumer Law. The research problem is concerned with answering the following question: is there effective application of the General Data Protection Law within the scope of consumer law? To develop the research, the bibliographic review method was used, through books, research, theses, dissertations and the like. To this end, data were collected through a literature review, with research on doctrines, journals and academic works from the period 2010-2023, taken from electronic sources, such as SciELO and Pubmed, applicable to the proposed topic, using as descriptive the words “LGPD”, “Consumer Rights”; “data protection”, with a qualitative approach. The choice of this topic is justified by the need to demonstrate the importance of the General Data Protection Law in the scope of Consumer Law, as the Law had been recently updated, and caused important impacts with regard to consumer protection. The conclusion reached is that the General Data Protection Law brought new determinations to consumer law and, when properly used by suppliers, there is effective application of them in consumer law, and it is important that suppliers are aware of the determinations contained in the LGPD.

Keywords: General Data Protection Law. Consumer Law. Legal relationship. Data protection.