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India entered the domain of Cyber Laws on 17th October 2000 with the notification of the Information Technology act 2000 (ITA 2000). Several amendments were passed on this act in 2008 effective from 27th October 2009. These amendments gave a … Continue reading →

The JPC for PDPB decided to include parts of Non Personal Data regulation within the provisions of the DPA 2021. In the process a situation of overlapping jurisdiction was created between the ITA 2000 and DPA 2021. Earlier with Section … Continue reading →

We have moved from Security by Design to Privacy By Design. Now it is time to upgrade to Compliance by Design. Non Compliance of Data Protection law could lead to a penalty of 4% of Global Turnover. Mitigation of the … Continue reading →

As India continues to dither on the passing of the Indian version of Data Protection law, our neighbour, Sri Lanka has gone ahead and passed its “Personal Data Protection Act 2022”.  It is interesting to note the comment made by … Continue reading →

The Government of India had recently issued a draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy for public comments. The policy documents  are available here Draft Policy : Background Note : A copy of the feedback on the policy is available here.  The … Continue reading →

Some people in the industry think that DPA 2021 is a compliance burden and we need to bring pressure on the Government to delay the passing of the bill. Unfortunately they are mistaken. DPA 2021 is already with us in … Continue reading →