Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

(This is a continuation of the discussion on the seeking of scrapping of DPDPA and DPDPA rules by three petitioners in the Supreme Court) India has witnessed a continued battle on introduction of Privacy laws since 2 decades. Every time … Continue reading →

On 25th May 2016, GDPR became a law. It provided a window of 2 years for implementaion and hence the law became effective from 25th May 2018. We now have the experience of 8 years of implementation and hundreds of … Continue reading →

The India impact AI summit has been a great success despite the first day problem of crowd management and the needless embarassment caused by one of the exhibitors. It has created a high degree of awareness in the Indian public … Continue reading →

(This is a continuation of the discussion on the seeking of scrapping of DPDPA and DPDPA rules by three petitioners in the Supreme Court) On  16th February 2026, the Supreme Court heard the prelimary petitions challenging DPDPA 2023 from the … Continue reading →

As expected, the law of DPDPA is now before the Supreme Court. Normally Courts are expected to step in when a citizen has an adverse impact of the law. and seeks remedy. However, in India, almost every law that gets … Continue reading →

In October 2025, Meity had released a draft notification related to amendment of ITAct Intermediary Rules related to publication of synthetic content. On 10th February 2026, the final rules have been notified with several clarifications related to the provisions. The … Continue reading →