Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

This is a famous quote from John Dryden, an English Poet. I am reminded of this while commenting on the DPDPA 2023 which by design or accident has many hidden gems that we often ignore in criticising the law. In … Continue reading →

Until Mr Shakti Kant Das was the Governor of RBI, it appeared that RBI could be relied upon for taking care of the interest of the public. In the Bit Coin case, RBI had taken a bold principled stand which … Continue reading →

Amazon Web Services has been blamed by a builder in Bengaluru for a data loss of over Rs 150 crores and an FIR is reported to have been registered by CCB, Bangalore. According to the report in Deccan Herald, Adarsh … Continue reading →

Despite the DPDPA 2023 having been passed as a law, all of us know that there is a need to create a Public awareness about what Privacy means to a common man. Without this awareness the law is unlikely to … Continue reading →

The DPDPA 2023 has completely changed the outlook of the industry in the Use and Management of Data. So far, like every other business entity that has adopted itself to the “Data Driven” business strategy, the industry was concerned only … Continue reading →

Data Fiduciaries who are deploying AI products for Personal Data Processing needs to take note that DPDPA Rule (no 12) expects that “(3) A Significant Data Fiduciary shall observe due diligence to verify that algorithmic software deployed by it for … Continue reading →