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PDPA 2021: Regulating the human perceptions

(This is in continuation of our previous article) While discussing the PDPA 2021 and inclusion of  Section 3(23)(xi) we observe the following:   Current PDPB 2019 Section 3(20) Proposed PDPB 2021 Section 3(23) (20) “harm” includes— (i) bodily or mental … Continue reading

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PDPA 2021: Definition of Harm to include psychological manipulation

PDPA is a legislation that is meant to uphold the human right concept of “Privacy”. Privacy is a concept which reflects the “State of Mind” of an individual and a feeling of “being left alone”. According to human psychologists, Hypnotists … Continue reading

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PDPA 2021: Should Big Data and Data Analytics industry be worried?

PDPB 2019 (Personal Data Protection Bill 2019) was in its current draft stage since December 2019. In the last two years, the JPC held an incredible 78 meetings of which the first 66 were chaired by Mrs Meenakshi Lekhi who … Continue reading

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The Crypto Rupee

The proposed “The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021” (Crypto Bill-2021) is expected to “Prohibit” private crypto currencies and also enable issue of a RBI controlled Crypto currency. Knowing the power of corruption, we need to wait … Continue reading

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7 members of JPC submit dissent note on PDPB

An interesting phase in the history of data protection law in India has started with the presentation of the new version of PDPB2021 by the JPC to the Speaker. It will become public once the bill is formally presented. Until … Continue reading

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Indian Data Protection Summit 2021: Day 1

The biggest event on Data Protection in India namely the Indian Data Protection Summit 2021 (IDPS 2021) got off to a flying start on November 17, 2021, as a virtual conference. Six hours of deliberations occurred between 2.30 pm IST … Continue reading

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