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JPC comments beyond the Amendments-2: Implementation Schedule

In the PDPB 2018, a clear road map of implementation of the law had been provided. This had been removed in the PDPB 2019. However in the DPB 2021, the detailed implementation schedule has been suggested. This may be made … Continue reading

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PDPA 2021: The data breach notification regarding Non Personal Data

In the new version of PDPA 2021 (We can start calling this DPA 2021 from now onwards) that is replacing PDPB 2019 has indicated under Section 57 that “Obligation to take prompt and appropriate action in response to a data … 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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A Challenge accepted …If PDPB is converted into DPB…

Personal Data Protection (PDP) legislation in India has been one of the most contentious legislations and it is not surprising that several hurdles are being placed in its passage. The latest hurdle is that some creative persons have planted the … Continue reading

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Expanding the Scope of PDPB 2019 to Non Personal Data is dysfunctional

Yesterday, the news paper The Hindu reported that it expects “More delays on Data Protection Bill as panel reopens debate” The report was based on the fact that the JPC under the new Chairman Mr P P Choudhary has convened … Continue reading

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Right to Forget needs to be reined

(Continued from the earlier article) The Delhi High Court judgement upholding the Right to forget of a person accused, tried and acquitted (on technical grounds) for Narcotics smuggling, 8 years after the initial judgement throws open a challenge to the … Continue reading

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