Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

During the COVID lock down, many subscribers of news papers have stopped the news paper subscription and there is no doubt that the subscription revenue must have gone down. Though in the past, newspapers relied more on the advertising revenue … Continue reading →

The COVID 19 lock down has delayed the meetings of the JPC on PDPB 2019 giving room to speculation whether the Government of India is developing cold feet on the passage of the bill which would make it more accountable … Continue reading →

The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 presented in the Parliament on 11th December 2019 is yet to be passed. It is presently with the Joint Parliamentary committee but seems to have not progressed much due to the Covid19 situation. There … Continue reading →

There was an interesting interview of Mr Mukhesh Ambani with Mr Arnab Goswami in which Mr Mukesh Ambani has spoken about “Data Ownership” and “Data Monetization”. He has strongly advocated that “Data” belongs to an individual or Corporate and no … Continue reading →

In a decision that has somewhat shaken up the GDPR community, the Belgian DPA imposed a fine of Euro 50000/- on a Data Controller who had appointed the Chief of Legal compliance as a DPO. The DPA ruled that there … Continue reading →

An interesting webinar had been organized today by a group of Legal professionals from Mumbai in which justice B N Srikrishna spoke about the Data Protection Act.  As the architect of the Indian law on Data Protection which is presently … Continue reading →