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Do We need an Unregulated Data Processing regime?

The Minister of IT Mr Ashwini Vaishnav recently commented  that there is no plan to scrap the current draft data protection regulation (as has been falsely projected by some journalists) and he hopes that the bill will be passed soon … Continue reading

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Watching the NPCI…Let NPCI not become a Crypto Exchange mechanism

We have pointed out several times how NPCI needs to take more responsibility for securing financial transactions in India Besides yesterday’s article (NPCI needs to be watched) Some of the earlier articles in this regard are given below. The Cosmos … Continue reading

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Support to Bitcoins is another challenge on the sovereignty of India

Recently, we have seen how Twitter challenged the sovereignty of India by refusing to abide by the lawful notices issued by the Government on removal of content which were false, some of them posted under fake accounts and attempting to … Continue reading

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Legal Metrology Act and its impact on ITA 2000

The legal aspects of the use of electronic documents were first introduced in India through the Information Technology Act 2000 which therefore became the mother of all legislations related to electronic documents. The forth coming Personal Data Protection Act will … Continue reading

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Is GoDaddy abetting crimes by hiding the identity of domain owners?

It is a common practice for domain registrars to provide a facility called “Privacy Protect” where by the WhoIs information of a domain is hidden from the public view. Neither ICANN or some GDPR supervisory authorities have understood the proper … Continue reading

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YouTube Channels .. the good and the bad

In recent days we have been discussing the Social Media Platforms like Twitter and how the platform is supporting ideologically biased views. These platforms are normally referred to as “Social Media”. By the use of the term “Media” these platforms get … Continue reading

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