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Need for “Compliance Surcharge” to be factored into Data Processing Contracts

The fine imposed on Meta at $1.2 billion holding the Standard Contractual Clause agreement unacceptable and US-EU agreement in the form of Privacy Shield rejected by the EUCJ and insisting that the US legal system has to be changed, is … Continue reading

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Digital India Act-4 :Is there only one type of Intermediary in ITA 2000?

In introducing the need for a new Act namely Digital India Act to replace the existing ITA 2000, the Government has identified 5 distinct changes in the environment since 2000 as follows. Out of the five identified developments, it is … Continue reading

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CNIL Fine of Discord.com

The fine of Euro 800000/- imposed by CNIL on the US based Discord.com is an instance where the supervisory authority conducted its own online inspection without any complaint about data breach and arrived at the fine for a relatively low … Continue reading

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DPDPB 2022: Cost of Non Compliance

One of the first things Companies look for in the Data Protection Bill is what is the cost of non compliance. It appears that the Government has been a little generous to the industry in this respect. The first observation … Continue reading

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Amendment to Schedule I of ITA 2000 -Conflicts with NI Act and New Fraud Risks

At a time there are discussions about ITA 2000 being revamped and replaced with a new version of a Digital India Act, a major amendment has been made to the ITA 2000 through a Gazette Notification Though this appears to … Continue reading

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Non Material Damage under GDPR..Munich Court awards compensation

We areĀ  mostly informed from time to time about the GDPR fines imposed by supervisory authorities on different companies for non compliance. However GDPR also provides that a data subject may claim compensation on account of GDPR data breach through … Continue reading

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