Monthly Archives: December 2019

2020 will be the year of Data Protection in India

The year 2000 was the year of the Cyber Law in India with the notification of the Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000) in India. Year 2009 saw ITA 2000 acquire a information security outlook with the amendments of 2008. … Continue reading

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National Power Training Institute to promote the illegal crypto currencies in disguise?

A news report has been received that the National Power Training Institute, of the Ministry of power, Government of India is set to conduct a series of training programs ostensibly on “Block Chain”. The Bitcoin community is going ga-ga about … Continue reading

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An Orwellian State?.. We need an equilibrium view of PDPA 2019

Here is a copy of an article published in India Legal. The published article is available here An Equilibrium view of  PDPB 2019 Let’s not forget that even Privacy has its boundaries. The Right to Privacy is fundamental but not … Continue reading

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DAV Vs Indian Bank: Supreme Court considers Negligence of Bank and orders compensation

There have been so far many awards from Adjudicators in different states  in which Bankers have been held liable for frauds such as “Phishing”. Starting with the S Umshankar Vs ICICI Bank award in 2010, adjudicators in Mumbai, Gujarat, Telengana … Continue reading

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Unjustified criticism of PDPA 2019

Looking at some of the criticisms that have come on PDPA2019, one cannot but feel that the experts in India appear to be easily swayed towards taking a negative view point on whatever the Government does. While the politicians have … Continue reading

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Towards Becoming a Well rounded DPO

Yesterday, mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, the honourable minister of MeitY presented the “Personal Data Protection Act 2019” (PDPA2019) which is the revised version of PDPA 2018 suggested by the Justice Srikrishna Committee which was presently under discussion. The new version … Continue reading

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