Monthly Archives: May 2024

How India is being treated as a “Third Country” by some websites

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Vijayashankar Na

There is a need to flag the condemnable attitude of service providers including “WhatsApp” who have the temerity to approach the Indian Courts against Government regulations by treating India as a country whose regulations are ignored. I call the attention … Continue reading →

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Web Scrapping Guideline from GDPR authorities

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Vijayashankar Na

The Web scrapping industry is one of the industries like the Digital Marketing industry which would be seriously affected by the Data Protection Authorities. According to a report on Webscrapping from stellar the market for Webscraping software and services may … Continue reading →

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Dutch fine on Uber.. Is it justified?

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Vijayashankar Na

The Dutch protection authority recently imposed a fine of Euro 10 million on Uber technologies for failure to disclose the full details of its retention periods to the drivers. In this context one has to question the decision from the … Continue reading →

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Independent Director or Company Secretary should be the first respondents to DPDPA compliance

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Vijayashankar Na

After August 11, 2023, DPDPA 2023 or Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 has become a law in India. Though the notification of rules is pending, DPDPA 2023 as of today is considered “Due Diligence” and part of “Reasonable Security … Continue reading →

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