In this edition of the Cybernews Newsletter, we highlight the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a cause for increased penalty in gender-based violence and the main news on data protection in May 2025.
The Federal Supreme Court penalizes a lawyer for filing a petition with AI-generated content and notifies the Federal Council of the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association) and the OAB from the state of Bahia to take the appropriate measures. The decision found that, in the case in question, AI was used indiscriminately without adequate human review and with the presentation of false information.
In addition, the government has also created a working group to develop the National Cybersecurity Plan, whose goal is to interact with federal government agencies to identify ongoing or planned actions that are compatible with the provisions of the National Cybersecurity Policy (PNCiber) and the National Cybersecurity Strategy (Ciber).
The 3rd Panel of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ in Portuguese) decided that scammers’ victims who have their bank confidential data accessed may claim compensation for presumed damages for pain and suffering. The decision was based on a case where an individual paid a fake bank-issued invoice containing confidential information, such as amount and number of installments, which only the bank could know.
Lastly, the 1st Civil Court of Planaltina, in the Federal District, ordered a personal trainer to award damages for pain and suffering to a student for the unauthorized use of his image in a video published on the personal trainer’s Instagram account. The decision was based on LGPD (Brazilian General Data Protection Law), and ruled that the processing of the student’s data, such as the disclosure of his image, should be based on his “free, informed and unequivocal” consent.
