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Awards are perceived as an endorsement and hence care is required before selection.
Recently, there has been a debate in the professional circles whether the multiple “Awards of Excellence” in Privacy and Security won by AIRTEL is an endorsement of its Privacy and Security practices by the organization giving out the award. The … Continue reading
AIRTEL Sweeps awards from DSCI…while the AIRTEL Bank CEO resigns….
AIRTEL is no doubt the leading mobile service provider in India. However when Airtel swept several awards in the recent DSCI Excellence Awards 2017, several eyebrows were raised. It was clear that the process used by DSCI to confer the … Continue reading
Data Protection Act.. We should aim at Compliance with Pleasure not Compliance with Pain.
[P.S: This is in continuation of the discussion of the proposed Data Protection Act in India and the public comments invited for the Justice Srikrishna report.] The Justice Srikrishna Committee (SKC) has propounded 7 key principles of the Data Protection Act … Continue reading
Right to Privacy should cease at death
At a time when India is debating a new law on Data Protection, an interesting question has been raised before the Supreme Court about the “Right of Privacy” and whether it extends beyond death. The recent judgement of a 9 … Continue reading
IAPP KNet Session at Bangalore: Aadhaar and Privacy
IAPP had organized a half day session at IIIT Bangalore in which the Privacy issues surrounding Aaadhaar was discussed in the light of the recent Supreme Court judgement. A summary of thoughts shared by the undersigned in the meet is … Continue reading
The Privacy Judgement… Conclusion.. Need for Definition of Privacy
[This is in continuation of our debate on the Privacy Judgement] The Puttaswamy judgement from the 9 member bench of the Supreme Court which was hailed as a “Historic” judgement ended up with a simple declaration that “Right to Privacy … Continue reading