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Facebook data breach, punctures the argument against Data Localization

Posted on October 2, 2018 by 98410spice

Leading upto to the discussion on PDPA 2018 in the Parliament, there is an orchestrated opposition to the Data localisation aspect recommended in the PDPA 2018. However, the Face Book data breach which has reportedly compromised over 50 million accounts … Continue reading →

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Don’t Ask Aadhaar Number. Ask Virtual ID. It is permitted

Posted on September 28, 2018 by 98410spice

After the 1448 page judgement on Aadhaar, it appears that some of the Private Sector companies are worried about the e-KYC process they were using for their business and whether they need to go back to the manual KYC process … Continue reading →

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Privacy laws forcing “Blind Advertising” instead of Targeted advertising

Posted on September 23, 2018 by 98410spice

The Privacy laws as they are emerging led by GDPR are conspicuous by the huge penalties that may be imposed as “Administrative Fines” even when the data subjects have not suffered measurable financial losses. These laws in general prescribe that … Continue reading →

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Controller of Certifying Authorities can improve security of Digital Signatures

Posted on September 17, 2018 by 98410spice

Digital Signatures are the legally recognized means of authentication of electronic documents in India. Though many companies including Banks ignore that Password is not the legally acceptable authentication, it is being widely used for many authentications including the financial transactions. … Continue reading →

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Johari Window… and the Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes… Perhaps the Supreme Court should take a lesson about

Posted on September 14, 2018 by 98410spice

“Johari Window” is a well known principle used by behavioural scientists and known to most of the Corporate managers. The recent happenings in the Supreme Court of India indicate that the Judges who head constitutional benches need to be given … Continue reading →

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Srikrishna Panel report and Aadhaar

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Throughout the one year when the Justice Srikrishna Committee was deliberating on the Privacy Legislation in India, Aadhaar was the focus of the privacy activists. There was one group of people who were completely against Aadhaar and have been trying … Continue reading →

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