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Bill to ban Bitcoin Introduced in Parliament

The budget session 2021 of the Indian Parliament is being eagerly watched for several reasons. While the traditional financial pundits will look forward to the Post Covid budget to take the country on a revival path, observers of the Data … Continue reading

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Data Protection Journal of India launched

To mark the international privacy day of 2021, Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India (FDPPI) launched a journal titled “Data Protection Journal of India”. The journal will be available at www.dpji.in Naavi

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Journalist Nidhi Razdan duped

In a classic web based fraud, NDTV journalist Ms Nidhi Razdan appears to have fallen prey to an Internet scam according to which she was offered a position of “Associate Professor of Journalism” which prompted her to resign her job … Continue reading

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Using publicly available data under GDPR

Many organizations involved in market research often collect data from publicly available sources such as Google Searches, Social media postings etc. This information is processed and some useful market information is gathered. This may also be commercially traded as market … Continue reading

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WhatsApp needs to change its Jurisdiction clause in the Terms or else, exit from India.

WhatsApp has announced a new Privacy Policy and Terms of use effective from 8th February 2021. Since then there have been a series of debates in the media about the impact of the change and how should users react. Most … Continue reading

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Non Personal Data Governance Authority under the new recommendations should not interfere with DPA

The revised recommendations on the Kris Gopalakrishna Committee on Non Personal Data reiterates the significant role that the Non Personal Data Authority. It may be noted that the Committee has ab-initio been influenced by the industry to include a recommendation … Continue reading

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