Monthly Archives: September 2019
We need Insurance against Traffic Fines…Mr Gadkari, are you listening?
Mr Nitin Gadkari is set to lose all his popularity he had gained in the last few years for his work as a minister over his quixotic decision of raising traffic fines to astronomical levels. While creating deterrence against drunken … Continue reading
List of Nodal Officer Contacts
Many times disputes that arise with service providers of various agencies are resolved easily when we are able to reach out to the right persons in the organization. ITA 2000/8 mandates that every online service organization (who is an intermediary) … Continue reading
New Cyber Crime Act in the anvil?
Recently, Mr Amit Shah, the honourable Home Minister of India collected information from across the country on the amendments that are required to the law to effectively counter Cyber crimes. Information coming out of the ministry seems to suggest that … Continue reading
Will Fintech Steering Committee report bring changes to PDPA?
The Subhash Garg Committee’s report on Fintech has touched on several aspects of the industry. It has interalia recommended on two aspects which are immediately relevant for us as observers of ITA 2000 and PDPA. Firstly it has recommended changes … Continue reading
FINTECH Steering Committee Report
On 5th March 2018, GOI constituted a Steering Committee on Fintech related issues which has now come up with its recommendations. It was comprised of Secretaries of different ministries and headed by the Secretary of Economic Affairs (DEA) , Mr Subhash … Continue reading
Data Laundering ..is it covered under PDPA?
In continuation of our discussions of yesterday regarding TransUnion CIBIL, further thoughts on the data protection regulatory aspects are being discussed below to draw the attention of RBI, CERT In, MeiTy, Ministry of Commerce etc. Data Protection laws try to … Continue reading