With the acceleration of technological development and the increased importance of information for modern society, privacy and personal data protection began to gain prominence in public and private spaces. Following the world trend, Brazil enacted the General Personal Data Protection Law in August 2018, intending to protect the fundamental rights of freedom and privacy and the free development of the personality of the natural person. The Law contains a specific chapter for the rules and responsibilities in the processing of personal data by the State. However, there is still much to be debated on the subject. This paper carried out a bibliometric study to identify current trends and analyze the scenery of national and international research on the subject. A sample of 55 articles was selected using the Methodi Ordinatio, a methodology that conducts the search, selection, and analysis of scientific articles, to compose the portfolio of articles relevant to a topic in question. The results point to a significant increase in academic production on the subject in the last two decades. There is a predominance of publications in European journals and in law field. The results show the topicality of the issue and the need to develop more research focused on the field of Public Administration