Monthly Archives: April 2021
Net4India Issue Resolved
This has reference to the various discussions we have had on this website on the issue arising out of the insolvency petition on Net4India which resulted in thousands of domain name registrants and website companies being unable to operate their … Continue reading
Cellebrite Vs Signal.. Who will win?
In December, Cellebrite, a noted Mobile forensic company announced that Signal App Crypto had been cracked and Cellebrite is assisting the Law enforcement to view messages which Signal claims to be encrypted end-to end. (See article here) Obviously, this was … Continue reading
Digital Assets of the Deceased… Need for a legislative change
We have in the past discussed the issue of “Digital Wills”. (Refer here: Inheritance of Virtual Assets) ITA 2000 has kept “Wills” in electronic form outside the provisions of ITA 2000. Hence “Digital Wills” are not valid like written documents … Continue reading
Personal Data Protection Guidance Board
FDPPI (Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India) is an organization dedicated to the empowerment of the Data Processing community in India. The four dimensions in which FDPPI is working today are a) Knowledge enhancement b) Implementation Support c) Advisory … Continue reading
IS 17428 follows its big brother- PDPSI, but lags behind ..by far
This is a continuation of the series of articles IS 17428-I under para 5.12 states, Staff handling personal information or activities related to processing personal information shall: a) Be trained and kept aware about developments depending on their role; b) … Continue reading
Why IS 17428 : 2020 looks alien
(This is in continuation of the previous article on PDPSI and IS 17428) IS 17428 has been released as an “Indian Standard” and is the second such standard to be released in India behind PDPSI (Personal Data Protection Standard of … Continue reading