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Sprinklr Kerala Government contract: Personal Data Protection under test

It is reported today that the Kerala High Court has ordered that Kerala Government was wrong in getting the personal data of Covid patients processed with Sprinklr, without de-identifying the personal data. It has also ordered that the patients are … Continue reading

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Time to be Accountable… India Legal

[This is an article first published in India Legal magazine] On December 2018, the central government proposed to issue an amendment to the Intermediary Guidelines under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (ITA 2000). This was neither a … Continue reading

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Do we need to amend ITA 2000/8?.. Why not focus now on PDPA?

According to a report in Economic Times today  it appears that the Ministry of Information Technology (MeitY) has circulated a note to select stake holders seeking their advise on the possible amendments to be made to Information Technology Act 2000, … Continue reading

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Proportionality Test Clarified by Supreme Court

In recent days a lot of discussion is centered around “Proportionality” when it comes to use of Government powers to either make laws or make regulations under the specific laws. It has become a tendency for politically motivated litigants to … Continue reading

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Justice Srikrishna is needlessly harsh

Justice Srikrishna calls new Data Protection Bill a blank cheque to the state..https://in.finance.yahoo.com/ This picture appeared in an article in Yahoo.com yesterday and quotes Justice B N Srikrishna who authored the famous report on Data Protection which finally led to … Continue reading

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Time to be accountable

This article of naavi is reproduced from India Legal magazine of February 22, 2020: Quote: On December 2018, the central government proposed to issue an amendment to the Intermediary Guidelines under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (ITA … Continue reading

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