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India has been struggling to introduce a Data Protection Law for a long time. It was initially at the instance of the IT industry that the earlier Government framed a draft law in 2006. Subsequently Privacy activists created a furore … Continue reading →

While the Data Protection professional circles have been discussing the forthcoming DPA 2021, whether it will be taken up for further discussion in the Parliament or scrapped, the MeitY has sprung a surprise by releasing two documents yesterday the February … Continue reading →

Yesterday Economic Times carried a report quoting anonymous sources within the Government of India that the Government may shelve the current version of the Bill and go for a fresh legislation. Today some of the other  publications such as the … Continue reading →

Economic Times carried a report today that there is one section of the officials who think that the JPC version of the Data Protection Act 2021  may be shelved and a new Bill may be drafted. The copy of the … Continue reading →

Recently when the JPC submitted its report on PDPB 2019 dissent notes were  presented by a few members of the committee belonging to opposition parties . Some of these were related to “Excessive powers” to the law enforcement and “Lack … Continue reading →

We are all aware that insurance companies are aggressive in marketing their policies and are in the forefront of misusing the provisions of law regarding infringing the privacy of individuals. Bigger the company, bigger are the violations. I recently had … Continue reading →