Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na
Anti Data Localization Lobby and Anti Aadhaar lobby working to push PDPA Bill to the June Session?
A Strong lobby in the industry is working against the Personal Data Protection Bill being passed with the current provisions which the Justice Srikrishna Committee has suggested. The principal objection of the lobby is to the provision of the Bill … Continue reading
Supreme Court should make public the suggestions made by Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Yesterday, there was a hearing in Supreme Court about the RFP Tenders released by UIDAI and the objections raised on them by an MLA of TMC by name Mahua Moitra who is known as an “Aggressive” politician. The petition was … Continue reading
Surveillance and Monitoring are not the same
When the honourable Supreme Court considered the issue of Section 66A of ITA 2000/8 and ended up scrapping the section as being violative of the Indian Constitution, we had raised the objection to the decision on the ground that the … Continue reading
“Supreme Court Slams UIDAI”.. Is it a fake news created by Economic times?
There are “Mischievous journalists” around today in the media. Some of them are considered senior journalists and include the likes of Shekhar Gupta who try to pick up wrong narratives only with a view to discredit the Government. Mr Shekhar … Continue reading
Social Media Hub… Was the Supreme Court mislead by the political canvas
The Supreme Court is the ultimate hope for justice in India and deserves to be respected and supported. But in recent days, it appears that Supreme Court is spending a disproportionate share of its time in resolving political issues and … Continue reading
PDPA 2018: Is Data Localization related to Privacy?
[This is in continuation of earlier articles on PDPA 2018] There is a strong opposition to the proposal in PDPA 2018 about the Data Localization requirement which has already been discussed in the earlier articles. There are a few specific … Continue reading