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BRICS Countries to Build Digital Sovereignty

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This concluding chapter elaborates on one of the first considerations of this book: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are home to 3.2 billion people, or 42% of the world’s population, and this means BRICS hold 42% of one of the most valuable resources on the planet: the personal data produced by those 3.2 billion individuals. This chapter argues that the BRICS grouping is increasingly aware of the economic opportunities brought by digital technology but also that “free” digital services provided by foreign corporations are not free. They are paid with one of the most precious national assets – i.e. data – and, ultimately, with national sovereignty. Based on the research conducted by the CyberBRICS Project, this text contends that BRICS countries are developing cybersecurity frameworks, and particularly data privacy regulations, as a strategic tool to reassert their digital sovereignty.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Center for Technology and SocietyFGV Rio de Janeiro Law SchoolRio de JaneiroBrazil

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