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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

The Supreme court of India made a fine distinction between Section 79 of ITA 2000 as it existed  before the amendment on 27th October 2009 and earlier. In an appeal from Google contending that it cannot be made liable for … Continue reading →

The PDPA contained 112 sections divided into 15 chapters. The new version PDPA 2019 contains 98 sections and is structured as follows: Chapter Sections Title I 1-3 Preliminary II 4-11 Obligations of Data Fiduciary III 12-15 Grounds for processing personal … Continue reading →