Category Archives: Cyber Law

Star Health Insurance Data Breach… Analysis by Advocate M.G. Kodandaram

In October 2024, a data breach was reported from Star Health and Allied Insurance which is reported to have breached data of about 170 million data subjects. Advocate Mr m G. Kodandaram has made a detailed legal analysis which is … Continue reading

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AWS FIR..Response from AWS

Further to the brief report on the FIR reportedly filed by Adarsh Builders on AWS India , AWS has responded through their public relations representative from “publicisconsultants-asia.com” as follows: “The claims against AWS in a recent news report are false. … Continue reading

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“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;He who would search for pearls, must dive below.”

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

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RBI Opposes Privacy Law

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

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FIR on AWS

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

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Complexities of Privacy Awareness Building

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

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