Monthly Archives: October 2020

It is interesting to note the news report in Republicworld.com which states that Quora has disabled the account of “True Indology” classifying one of its posts as “Hate speech”. The post has been reproduced here: “After the partition of India, … Continue reading →

In a bid to appear non partisan, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Personal Data Protection Bill 2019, has invited not only the industry associations but also many individual foreign technical giants to depose before itself. If Amazon, Twitter, Google, … Continue reading →

Data Breaches are happening every day exposing companies to major data disasters. When the Indian Personal Data Protection Act becomes a law in early 2021, Are we ready to meet the consequences? FDPPI presents you an opportunity to share your … Continue reading →

Close on the heels of the Breach Candy hospital breach which resulted in the compromise of 121 million records and Dr Lal Pathlabs resulting in a compromise of over 1 million records, both of whom were neglected by the CERT … Continue reading →

When Section 66A of ITA 2000 was used by the Mumbai Police to arrest the Palghar girls, several people objected to the arrest and claimed that there was an infringement of the right to freedom of speech. When the case went … Continue reading →

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 appears to have felt  insulted by the refusal of Amazon to attend the JPC and there are suggestions in the media that the JPC should issue a privilege notice … Continue reading →