Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na
PDPA 2021: Regulating the human perceptions
(This is in continuation of our previous article) While discussing the PDPA 2021 and inclusion of Section 3(23)(xi) we observe the following: Current PDPB 2019 Section 3(20) Proposed PDPB 2021 Section 3(23) (20) “harm” includes— (i) bodily or mental … Continue reading
PDPA 2021: Definition of Harm to include psychological manipulation
PDPA is a legislation that is meant to uphold the human right concept of “Privacy”. Privacy is a concept which reflects the “State of Mind” of an individual and a feeling of “being left alone”. According to human psychologists, Hypnotists … Continue reading
What is the next Excuse for not banning Crypto Currencies?
Black Money in India is more powerful than even Mr Modi. Hence banning of Crypto Currencies which means banning of Digital Black Money cannot be done easily by the Government even of Mr Modi or Mr Amit Shah would swear … Continue reading
PDPA 2021: Should Big Data and Data Analytics industry be worried?
PDPB 2019 (Personal Data Protection Bill 2019) was in its current draft stage since December 2019. In the last two years, the JPC held an incredible 78 meetings of which the first 66 were chaired by Mrs Meenakshi Lekhi who … Continue reading
Cryptos pose a new threat- The MetaVerse Trap
The presentation of the Crypto regulation bill in the Parliament has put the industry promotion on an over drive. Zee Business recently ran a series of panel discussions to promote crypto currency, in a well crafted advertorial exercise. People who … Continue reading
Workshop on New version of PDPB 2019 by Cyber Law College
Cyber Law College has conducted several training programs on PDPB 2019 in the last 2 years. Some of them are under the FDPPI Certificate program and some or programs conducted by Cyber Law College. For all the paid programs, Cyber … Continue reading