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The GDPR dilemma… Am I a Data Controller? or a Data Processor?

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The European Union data protection regulation namely the EU GDPR  which has attracted global attention due to the twin provisions of “Applicable to a controller or processor not established in the union” (ed: in some circumstances) and the obnoxiously huge administrative … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court cannot ignore the Virtual ID development regarding Aadhaar

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Supreme Court has now come to the end of hearing the PIL on the Aadhaar. Whatever be the actual petition it is clear that the opposition to Aadhaar stems mainly from the Black Money holders and Benami property holders who … Continue reading →

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Smart Cities in India and ITA 2008

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

When ITA 2000 was drafted, the concept of “Smart Cities”, “Driver less cars” or “Artificial intelligence” or “Humanoid Robots” were not very much in the realm of the vision of the law makers. The main objective was to provide facilitation … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Analytica and Indian Cyber Laws

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The news report that Personal profiles of 50 million Face Book users was collected and unauthorizedly used to help Trump win an election has opened  a new debate on Privacy and Data Protection in India. BJP and Congress parties are … Continue reading →

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Recipe for corruption in Judiciary- Supreme Court judgement in Shafhi Mohammad V State of Himachal Pradesh

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Viewers would have observed several News paper reports in the last few days with headlines such as  -“Courts can rely on Electronic Records without Certificate: SC” (Deccan herald), (Free Press Journal) -“Party Not In Possession Of Device From Which Electronic … Continue reading →

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Two Member Bench of Supreme Court Vs Three member decision on Section 65B

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

On September 18, 2014, the famous P.V.Anvar Vs P.K Basheer judgement was delivered by the three member Supreme Court bench consisting of the then CJI, Kurien Joseph along with Justices R.M. Lodha and Rohinton Fali Nariman in which it was … Continue reading →

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