A responsabilidade civil da administração pública em seus ambientes de inclusão digital por atos ilícitos praticados por terceiros

Abstract

The main issue of this dissertation is to determine whether the Brazilian Public Administration, in the environments of digital inclusion of its own property (v. g., a telecentre), might be made responsible for torts commited by third parties. The dissertation discusses concepts related to Information and Communications Technology, and the definition, functions and services concerning the e-Government initiative. Then the definition and the juridical and sociological bases of the digital inclusion are presented. An example of its implementation is created, dealing with data related to the digital divide in Brazil at the beginning of the 21st Century. The digital inclusion initiatives, when guided by the Brazilian Public Administration, are being taken as a public service. Based on the conceptions and the fundamentals previously shown, this dissertation presents a history of Public Administration liability in the Western world and its origins. It further investigates a number of aspects of the Public Administration liability presence at the Brazilian legal system, focusing on the omission. After that, the technical-probatory aspects concerning the torts committed by a third party in a digital inclusion environment are presented, so that a limit between personal data protection of the human person and the control applied by the Public Administration can be assigned. In the end, there is a balance between the principle of legality and precautionary principle, justifying the previous control applied by the Public Administration in a digital inclusion environment of its own property In other words, the simple enrollment of users ensures Government non-liability in case of a possible future tort practice by a third party.