Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

In the implementation of DPDPA in India, “Consent” is an important instrument of establishing the legal basis for processing. Such consent has to be “Purpose Specific”. It is the purpose that also determines “Data Minimization” and “Data Retention Minimisation”. In … Continue reading →

Naavi thanks the CyberFrat Community for the recognition as an influencer in the Cyber Security domain. I take this opportunity to look back on how from being a Banker and later as a Financial Marketing domain expert in an Advertising … Continue reading →

One of the concerns of the industry on DPDPA Rules which has not yet been addressed in the draft of the draft rules is about when does the Penalties under DPDPA will start being applied. For penalties to be applied, … Continue reading →

Educational institutions both Graduate education institutions and undergraduate institutions where the students are minors have a challenge of DPDPA before them. These institutions collect parent’s information, financial information of students and parents for educational loan and fees collection, health information … Continue reading →

Further to the event held on July 27 in which views of the industry professionals were collected on the draft rules in circulation, FDPPI has compiled a recommendation and submitted to the MeitY. A Copy of the note submitted is … Continue reading →

FDPPI conducted an event in Bengaluru on July 27 to discuss the proposed draft of the DPDPA Rules which were earlier shared with select parties for comments. MeitY is now in the process of releasing another version for the public … Continue reading →