Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The much awaited Module G program of the Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India or FDPPI (www.fdppi.in) which will provide training on  many relevant Data Protection Laws of the world including GDPR, CCPA, Singapore PDPA, DIFC Data Protection law … Continue reading →

According to a report in Business Standard  the Kris Goplakrishna Committee has submitted its report on “Data Governance” to the Government. One of the recommended regulations that has been leaked appears to be for setting up of a new regulator … Continue reading →

It appears that the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 is stuck with the Covid lock down of the Parliamentary activities. According to a report from Media Nama sources , there is a technical objection to use of “Virtual meetings of … Continue reading →

The proposed Indian Data Protection Act (PDPA 2020) refers to “Personal Data”,  “Anonymization”  and “De-identification/Pseudonymization”. Anonymisation is defined as an “Irreversible” process of transforming the personally identifiable data to a form where the identity is irreversibly removed. Anonymization frees the … Continue reading →

While in India, the Personal Data Protection Act of India  (PDPA 2020) is awaiting clearance of the Parliament, Being compliant with the Personal Data Protection law has become the top of the mind concern for most corporate managers. Some ultra … Continue reading →

In meeting with the Compliance requirements under the different Data protection regulations, organizations face one huge challenge which is to protect the Data subject’s rights of “Portability” and “Erasure” or “Right to Forget”. The problem arises because in the current … Continue reading →