Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

In many of my recent discussions with experts on the role of “Consent manager” under DPDPA 2023, I have encountered a view that the role of a consent manager under DPDPA is similar to what is envisaged under the Data … Continue reading →

Intellectual Property created out of the IPR laws and Personal Data as a property recognized out of a law like DPDPA has some interesting relationship. IPR is associated with an author or an inventor and hence by default discloses the … Continue reading →

At a time the MeitY is finalizing the rules to be notified under DPDPA 2023, we need to flag some of the erroneous practices of e-mail providers and domain name registrants that gives raise to Cyber Security concerns under the … Continue reading →

CBI has successfully investigated a fraud in UCO Bank where two support engineers manipulated the system which resulted in credits to accounts without a corresponding transfer of money from the sending bank to the receiving bank. See report in NewIndian … Continue reading →

DPDPA 2023 has introduced “Nomination” as a right of a data principal. We have in our two previous articles discussed certain aspects of nomination. Why Privacy cannot survive the death of an individual? Relationship between IPR and Privacy It is … Continue reading →

One of the requirements of DPDPA 2023 as a law of Digital Personal Data Compliance is that Personal Data shall be processed only for lawful purpose. Hence it is a compliance requirement that a Data Fiduciary shall adopt necessary measures … Continue reading →