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More Comments on the Intermediary Guidelines
MeitY has released an addendum to the earlier 609 page consolidation of comments received on the proposed amendments to the intermediary guidelines under Section 79 of ITA 2000. This document is available here This is a 85 page document (including … Continue reading
Intermediary Guidelines: Most tech firms uncomfortable with the changes
[Discussion continued from previous articles] “Status Quo” is most comfortable for some of the tech companies as regards Intermediary guidelines is what comes out of the 609 page collection of public comments. There are a total of 141 comments which … Continue reading
Congratulate the Income Tax authorities for innovatively adopting Data Protection Principles
The Indian Budget proposal presented yesterday had an interesting sidelight. While discussing the proposal on the TV, Mr Piysuh Goyal, the interim Finance Minister said that the Government is taking steps to ensure that in order to reduce harassment of … Continue reading
Allahabad High Court admits PIL against Section 69 notice …2
[This is in continuation of the earlier article] The Allahabad High Court accepting the petition challenging the MHA notification on Section 69 is typical of the cases that display an attitude of some petitioners to move the top courts on … Continue reading
Allahabad High Court trapped in another political PIL
We are aware that the innocuous MHA order on designating 10 agencies through which a competent authority can order interception of electronic communication for reasons of security of state etc., has already been questioned through two PILs in the Supreme … Continue reading
Anti Data Localization Lobby and Anti Aadhaar lobby working to push PDPA Bill to the June Session?
A Strong lobby in the industry is working against the Personal Data Protection Bill being passed with the current provisions which the Justice Srikrishna Committee has suggested. The principal objection of the lobby is to the provision of the Bill … Continue reading