Category Archives: Cyber Law
The “Data Privacy-Risk” in Account Aggregators
(Continued from previous article) One of the major issues of AAs (Account Aggregators) is the need to ensure the strict following of the “Fit and Proper” criteria to ensure that the valuable personal data that may come into the hands … Continue reading
Meity regulations under DPDPA may clash with RBI regulations
(This is a continuation of the previous article) RBI has been a powerful sectoral regulator and has assumed leadership for regulating the entire financial sector including the FinTech companies. In the process, some of its regulations clash with the implementation … Continue reading
There is no need to restrict the role of “Consent Manager” to the pre-DPDPA vision.
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 and Personal Data Protection
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
GMail must change its policies of e-mail delivery
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
Rs 820 crore fraud in UCO Bank IMPS system busted
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