Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

(This is in continuation of the previous article)   The PDPSI works on three different levels. The core of PDPSI is the standards. The operating part is the implementation  specifications and the visible part is the DTS. The PDPSI Certifying … Continue reading →

(Continued from the previous article) At present, PDPSI is built on 11 standards. We shall analyze what are the 11 standards that comprise of the PDPSI and the implementation specifications associated with it and how they relate to the “Certification” … Continue reading →

The National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) has issued the Health Data management policy which has been introduced over the previous series of articles. As per the document on the NDHM website, the Health Data Management Policy (HDMP) is the first … Continue reading →

(This is a continuation of the previous Article) The Health Data Protection policy announced by NHD scheme has adopted the Obligations of data fiduciaries and rights of data principles from the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019. Accordingly the obligations include … Continue reading →

(This is a continuation of the earlier article) Presently most of the Government’s schemes use the Aadhaar ID as the identity determinant of the citizens. It is the attempt to link Aadhaar ID to property registrations to prevent benami properties … Continue reading →

(This is a continuation of the earlier article) Before we dive deeper into the NDHM’s Health Data Management policy, there is a need to discuss one philosophical issue about what should be the objective of such policy and even the … Continue reading →