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Public Consultation on Data Protection Legislation

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Yesterday, (13th January 2018), three members of the Judtice Srikrishna Committee on Data Protection Law participated in a public consultation program in Bangalore at the IISc auditorium. Honourable Justice (Retd) B.N. Srikrishna, the Chairman of the committee was present along … Continue reading →

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Data Protection Law in India… Three Big Ideas …. Data Trust, Jurisdictional Umbrella and Reciprocal Enforcement Rights

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

As the Government of India conducting nationwide public consultation programs on the Data Protection Law proposed to be drafted on the basis of the Justice Srikrishna Committee, I would like to place before the ministry, some of my key ideas. … Continue reading →

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It is Y2K moment again in India, with Virtual Aadhaar ID

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

It appears as if the Anti Aadhaar lobby in India has just been outsmarted by the UIDAI with its proposition of the “Virtual Aadhaar ID” as a response to the many complaints about the leakage of Aadhaar information. The Supreme … Continue reading →

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Awards are perceived as an endorsement and hence care is required before selection.

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

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 →

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AIRTEL Sweeps awards from DSCI…while the AIRTEL Bank CEO resigns….

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

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 →

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“Compliance by Design” should be the motto of the Data Protection Act of India

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

[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.] “Privacy by Design” is a concept which GDPR expects from Data Controllers and Data Processors.  The … Continue reading →

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