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Aadhaar must be preserved with safeguards…. The root cause for Privacy breach is elsewhere

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

An interesting debate is happening in the Supreme Court on whether “Aadhaar is Constitutional” and whether it should be scrapped. We are informed that the Anti Aadhaar advocates have started putting through their view points to convince the Court that … Continue reading →

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Aadhaar Adds another security layer to frustrate “Benami” s.

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

It appears that UIDAI is in race with the Supreme Court to ensure that the Court does not take any decision to question the use of Aadhaar as it is presently planned. Aadhar has evoked a mixed response from the … Continue reading →

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Public Consultation on Data Protection Law….some points of discussion-3

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

(This is a continuation of the previous article) 3.  A lot of discussion centered around the issue of “Consent” and “Informed Consent”. The issues were about the need for and effect of consents as an instrument of Privacy protection. There … 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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Look beyond GDPR and Create Personal Data Trusts to manage Privacy of data subjects

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

As the extended date (31st January 2018) for submission of feedback on the whitepaper on Data Protection law approaches, there is increased activity in the industry circles to submit the recommendations. It is obvious that there will be two distinct … Continue reading →

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Personal Data should be considered a personal Property

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.] Many of the issues connected with Privacy arise out of the complaint that “information collected … Continue reading →

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