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PDPA 2018: Privacy Activists and RTI Activists fight with each other
[This is in continuation of the earlier article on PDPA 2018] There were three major criticisms against the PDPA 2018 (draft) which was presented by the Srikrishna Committee. One was on whether Aadhaar Act was to be amended. Second was … Continue reading
Personal Data Protection and Data Localization-2
[This is a continuation of the earlier article] Having debated the need to “Restrict” the operation of the word “Indirectly identify” in the definition of “Personal Data”, we can now look at Section 40 once again. We know that PDPA … Continue reading
Personal Data protection and Data Localization-1
(This is in continuation of the earlier article on PDPA 2018) After the discussions on Aadhaar the other hotly debated aspect of Srikrishna Committee’s report and the draft PDPA 2018 is the “Data Localization” recommendation. The PDPA 2018 has recommended … Continue reading
PDPA 2018 and Aadhaar-2
Continuing our discussion on the draft PDPA 2018 (proposed by the Srikrishna Panel) and the proposed amendments to the Aadhaar Act embedded in the report under the Appendix, the following observations can be made. Offline Verification One of the proposed … Continue reading
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Srikrishna Panel report and Aadhaar
Throughout the one year when the Justice Srikrishna Committee was deliberating on the Privacy Legislation in India, Aadhaar was the focus of the privacy activists. There was one group of people who were completely against Aadhaar and have been trying … Continue reading
Puneet Prakash Vs Suresh Kumar Singhal…Evidence under Section 65B.. unacceptable judgement
The law regarding Section 65B of Indian Evidence Act 1872 was laid down on 17th October 2000 when the amendment was passed after Information Technology Act 2000 was notified. However the lack of proper understanding of the purpose of the … Continue reading