The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) is a benchmark in the implementation of the LGPD (Brazilian General Data Protection Law), according to an audit by the TCU (Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts).

The Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) recently released an audit on the implementation of the LGPD (General Law for the Protection of Personal Data – No. 13.709/2018) in the bodies and entities of the Federal Public Administration.

The survey analyzed more than 300 federal bodies and entities, based on questionnaires whose core focus was on the following pillars: preparation, organizational context, training, leadership, compliance in the processing of personal data, rights of data subjects, data sharing, response to data breaches, and protection measures.

In summary, the survey assessed the degree of maturity of the governance practices adopted by the audited institutions regarding the issue of personal data protection.

How many institutions were evaluated?

It is worth mentioning that within the Judiciary, 67 institutions were evaluated, of which only 14 reached the maximum level of compliance. Among them was the Supreme Federal Court (STF), which obtained the highest score, achieving 88.09%, thus classifying it as “advanced.”

According to the STF’s Coordination for Adaptation to the LGPD (Brazilian General Data Protection Law), this result reflects the consolidation of an institutional culture focused on data governance, in which the protection of personal data translates into transparency and ethics as the foundations of judicial action. In this context, the LGPD is shown not only as a regulatory framework but also as a structuring element of the legitimacy of exercising public functions in a democratic state governed by the rule of law.

For the private sector, the STF’s experience requires broader reflection. The consolidation of an effective personal data protection policy should not be seen solely as compliance with regulatory requirements but as a determining factor in organizational sustainability in a globally digitized economy.

LGPD Compliance

Thus, compliance with the LGPD (Brazilian General Data Protection Law) should be understood as an instrument of corporate governance, reputation preservation, and mitigation of legal and financial risks, going beyond the requirement of compliance and constituting a strategic vector of differentiation in markets increasingly driven by ethical parameters, social responsibility, and information security. This demands constant attention, review, and updating, as the system of effective governance in privacy and personal data protection must keep pace with business evolution, as a living organism in constant change, both strategically and operationally.