Category Archives: Cyber Law
DGPSI is the Indian Standard for Privacy and Data Protection by Design and Default
One of the notable mentions made by Prime Minister Mr Modi during the Independence Day Speech yesterday was a call for development of Indigenous standards. This was heartening since FDPPI has been working on the indigenous standard DGPSI (Data Governance … Continue reading
Saying ‘No’ to Sunny and ‘Yes’ to SKY
Investment Managers often find a situation when they have to chose a stock for investment not for themselves but for others. As an investor they follow a logic of personal challenge and are able to take higher risks. But in … Continue reading
Digital Privacy Day of India
Last year, on August 11, DPDPA 2023 was signed by the President into a law. This year we are still expecting that the rules will be notified any time during this fortnight. However it is time for us to remember … Continue reading
Extending the Ownership debate of Meta Data to Telephone conversations…
On July 30, I had posted an article here titled “Who Owns Meta Data”. The post evoked several interesting comments on the linked in and in the interest of taking the debate further, I thought I should share these comments … Continue reading
Let’s meet in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1
FDPPI’s next destination in its reach out to the Data Protection Community is at Mumbai. FDPPI has now planned two events, one at Navi Mumbai on 31st August 2024 and another at Mumbai on 1st September 2024. Details are as … Continue reading
“Witnessed Consent” should be explored…. DPDPA rules
In the implementation of DPDPA in India, “Consent” is an important instrument of establishing the legal basis for processing. Such consent has to be “Purpose Specific”. It is the purpose that also determines “Data Minimization” and “Data Retention Minimisation”. In … Continue reading