Brazilian government urged to protect consumers from massive data leak A consumer rights organization has called for urgent measures to investigate and punish those responsible for exposing the population's data, as well as better citizen information and transparency. February 10, 2021 -- 00:07 GMT (16:07 PST) | Topic: Security A Brazilian consumer rights watchdog has urged the federal government to take immediate and urgent action to protect citizens who had their personal details exposed online. The notices sent by the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection (IDEC) to several government agencies relate to a massive data leak, which saw details of 223 million Brazilians, ranging from name, address to current income, personal vehicle information and tax returns exposed and sold in the dark web.