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Supreme Court directs Government to find a solution for Aadhaar Linking to Social Media

The ongoing controversy of “Preventing Fake News” has now taken an interesting turn with the Supreme Court directing the Government to file an affidavit within 3 weeks on how it proposes to link Aadhaar to the social media accounts as … Continue reading

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Data Productivity Vs Data Security

The concept of “Data” as a raw material on which a certain business can be built gives rise to a discussion on how “Data” can be made more productive and more useful for an organization. In the context of Data … Continue reading

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Kris Gopalakrishna clarifies the role of Data Governance Committee

We refer to our two earlier articles on the subject of “Data Governance Framework” and the new Expert Committee on Data Governance that has been announced. It was pointed out that the Srikrishna committee had spoken of the necessity of … Continue reading

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What is Data Governance Framework ?

(This is a continuation of the earlier article) The Government of India has constituted a committee to deliberate on “Data Governance Framework”. The notification of the committee has defined the “Terms of Reference” as To Study various issues relating to … Continue reading

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Committee on Data Governance…: Is it relating to Anoymized Personal Data or Non Personal Data?

On September 13, the Government of India constituted a committee of Experts on Data Governance Framework under the chairmanship of Kris Gopalakrishna, Co-Founder Infosys. Copy of the notification Constitution of the Committee The members of the Committee are Shri Kris … Continue reading

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Will Fintech Steering Committee report bring changes to PDPA?

The Subhash Garg Committee’s report on Fintech has touched on several aspects of the industry. It has interalia recommended on two aspects which are immediately relevant for us as observers of ITA 2000 and PDPA. Firstly it has recommended changes … Continue reading

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