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Universities hit by Data Protection Fines

Two Universities in South Korea have been fined for Personal Data Breaches with penalties amounting to $459000 (Jeobunk National university) and $253 million (Ewha University) following personal data breach . On July 28, 2024, the personal information of over 320,000 … Continue reading

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Trump Disrupts US-EU Data Protection Regime

After Mr Trump took over as President of USA, we have been anticipating some changes in the Data Protection regime specially related to HIPAA/HITECH Act and the EU-US Data transfer. The DOGE activity will sooner or later catch up with … Continue reading

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Data Protection Board (DPB) …DPDPA Rules

Under the proposed draft rules, the DPB consists of a Chairman and several members to be appointed by two Search Committees which will be set up after the notification of the Draft Rules. One Committee will select the Chairman and … Continue reading

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Is this the Missing Link in Data Protection Jurisprudence?

In processing of personal data, it is common for data to be transferred from one entity to another either within the country or across borders. In such cases we identify the entities as either Data Fiduciary or Data Processor based … Continue reading

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DGPSI is the Indian Standard for Privacy and Data Protection by Design and Default

One of the notable mentions made by Prime Minister Mr Modi during the Independence Day Speech yesterday was a call for development of Indigenous standards. This was heartening since FDPPI has been working on the indigenous standard DGPSI (Data Governance … Continue reading

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DPDPA Rules-The Data Protection Board of India

Chapter V of the DPDPA 2023 provides the legal provisions related to the constituion of the DPB of India which will be the supervisory body for DPDPA 2023. Now the draft rules issued has indicated the process for selection of … Continue reading

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