Brazil

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Brazil
Legislation:	?
Status:	Enacted
Year Enacted:	2001
Require Smart Cards:	No
Require Time-Stamping:	No
Excluded Documents:	None
Case Law:	None

Contents 1 History 2 Overview 3 Legislation Definitions & Excerpts 3.1 Electronic Signature Definitions 3.2 Requirements Pertaining to Electronic Signatures 3.3 Excluded Documents 4 Case Law 5 References

History

ICP-Brazil , the Brazilian Public Key Infrastructure was launched on 5 December 2001.

Overview

Brazilian law requires that digital signatures are certified by ICP-Brasil (the official Brazilian PKI) in order to be valid or they can be certified by other certification authorities as long as the parties agreed to be bind by these digital signatures.

Legislation Definitions & Excerpts

Electronic Signature Definitions

Requirements Pertaining to Electronic Signatures

Excluded Documents

Case Law

• Unknown

References

• [1]: Link to Provisional Measure 2200 (Portuguese).