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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">As the IGF is approaching fast, I would like to invite those who are interested in how Data Protection is evolving in the BRICS countries to our workshop on <strong>Value and Regulation of Personal Data in the BRICS</strong>, on Wednesday, November 27 from 16:40 to 18:10 </span><a href="https://igf2019.sched.com/event/SU1q/ws-211-value-and-regulation-of-personal-data-in-the-brics" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: blue;" lang="EN-GB">https://igf2019.sched.com/event/SU1q/ws-211-value-and-regulation-of-personal-data-in-the-brics</span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">The long description of the workshop is available here </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2019-ws-211-value-and-regulation-of-personal-data-in-the-brics" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: blue;" lang="EN-GB">https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2019-ws-211-value-and-regulation-of-personal-data-in-the-brics</span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">For those who want to have a teaser, below you will find two CyberBRICS video clips we have just released, in the context of last week BRICS Summit, in Brasilia. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">CyberBRICS Talk 1 </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">with Luca Belli, Anja Kovacs, Andrey Shcherbovich and Daniel Opperman </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://portal.fgv.br/en/cyberbrics-fellows-programme-rio-janeiro-law-school-talk-10" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: blue;" lang="EN-GB">https://portal.fgv.br/en/cyberbrics-fellows-programme-rio-janeiro-law-school-talk-10</span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">CyberBRICS Talk 1 </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">with Luca Belli, Min Jiang, Sagwadi Mabunda, Ian Brown</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://portal.fgv.br/en/cyberbrics-fellows-programme-rio-janeiro-law-school-talk-20" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: blue;" lang="EN-GB">https://portal.fgv.br/en/cyberbrics-fellows-programme-rio-janeiro-law-school-talk-20</span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">And here below, a brief article providing an alternative perspective on why BRICS are developing digital sovereignty laws and regulations and why this is closely related with the recent development of data protection frameworks in the BRICS</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">BRICS countries to build digital sovereignty</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/hri-2/brics-countries-build-digital-sovereignty/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: blue;" lang="EN-GB">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/hri-2/brics-countries-build-digital-sovereignty/</span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">You may also find some further readings here </span><a href="https://cyberbrics.info/category/publications/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: blue;" lang="EN-GB">https://cyberbrics.info/category/publications/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-GB">   </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Best regards</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Luca</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Luca Belli</strong>, PhD </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;">Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro  </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;">Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2<br /></span></div>
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