Monthly Archives: December 2021

IMF warns about Macro instability if Cryptos are recognized as legal

IMF has given a clear warning that if Crypto currencies are recognized as legal tender, there would be a macro economic instability. Read here Also here Some of the comments made by IMF are: Consumer protection risks remain substantial given … Continue reading

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New Version of PDPA 2020

Naavi had published the book on “Personal Data Protection Act of India (PDPA 2020) which was based on the version of the bill presented in the Parliament as PDPB 2019. Now the Government has made changes and is in the … Continue reading

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PDPA 2021: The Data Protection Officer is now in an elevated professional status

One of the interesting new propositions in the PDPB 2021 as compared to PDPB 2019 is the professional status of the Data Protection Officer. In all data protection laws, there is a requirement that  data controllers/Fiduciaries who handle large number … Continue reading

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PDPA 2021: The nature of Data as an Asset and nomination facility

India enacted ITA 2000 (Information Technology Act 2000) with effect from 17th October 2000 and amended it in 2008 with effect from 27th October 2009. The provisions of ITA 2000/8 included legal recognition for a binary expression which we refer … Continue reading

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NALSAR launches the Course on International Data Protection Laws

When ITA 2000 was enacted in the year 2000, Cyber Law College started virtual course on “Certificate in Cyber Laws”. It took several years more for traditional academic institutions to introduce formal courses on Cyber Laws. Initially Cyber Law College … Continue reading

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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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