Monthly Archives: March 2022

India is planning to pass a law on Privacy and Data Protection and the Bill titled Data Protection Act 2021 (DPA 2021) which is pending in the Parliament. The copy of this Bill originated in 2018 following the Srikrishna Committee … Continue reading →

(Press note issued by Mumbai High Court for not providing timely hearing of Adjudication case) The Adjudication system in ITA 2000 was one of the commendable features of Cyber Law in India trying to provide a fast track settlement of … Continue reading →

As India continues to dither on the passing of the Indian version of Data Protection law, our neighbour, Sri Lanka has gone ahead and passed its “Personal Data Protection Act 2022”.  It is interesting to note the comment made by … Continue reading →

The Government of India had recently issued a draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy for public comments. The policy documents  are available here Draft Policy : Background Note : A copy of the feedback on the policy is available here.  The … Continue reading →

FDPPI in association with Madras Management Association and other partner organizations will be conducting an offline seminar in Chennai on April 23, 2022. The theme of the seminar is “DPA 2021-Compliance perspective”. There is a campaign in the media that … Continue reading →

Some people in the industry think that DPA 2021 is a compliance burden and we need to bring pressure on the Government to delay the passing of the bill. Unfortunately they are mistaken. DPA 2021 is already with us in … Continue reading →