Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

In designing the Data Protection regulations, problem areas have been a) Deceased data principals b) Legacy holdings of personal data c) Personal data of minor children. Having adopted “Consent” as a basic form of establishing lawfulness of processing, it is … Continue reading →

One of the recommendations (Recommendation 4) of the JPC regarding DPA 2021, is that the “Authority should ask the data fiduciaries to maintain a log of all data breaches (both personal and non-personal data breaches) to be reviewed periodically by … Continue reading →

In the PDPB 2018, a clear road map of implementation of the law had been provided. This had been removed in the PDPB 2019. However in the DPB 2021, the detailed implementation schedule has been suggested. This may be made … Continue reading →

The JPC report on PDPB 2019 contains 91 recommendations many of which are included in the main bill as amendments to PDPB 2019. The main amendments have been already discussed in several of our earlier articles. There are many small … Continue reading →

Since the release of the draft PDPB 2021, there have been many views expressed by different organizations and some of them are listed below: Comparing the Draft Data Protection Bill 2021 with its predecessors: thequint.com Data Protection Bill: Hits and … Continue reading →

If we follow the discussions around the DPA 2021, it appears that there is a confusion regarding the term “Anonymization” and its effect on Personal Data. It is strange that after so much of discussions on the GDPR and the … Continue reading →