Category Archives: Cyber Law

Deccan herald’s Bengaluru 2040 Summit

Deccan Herald, the leading native English Daily from Bengaluru is hosting the prestigious Bengaluru 2040 Summit today at JW Marriott, Vittal Mallya Road. This invitee only event is expected to see the participation of several ministers of Karnataka besides many industry … Continue reading

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Advisory from DOT on Removing content

The Telecommunications Act 2023 which is basically a regulation for the industry has certain provisions applicable to the use of Telecommunication services which has a bearing on the users as well. Most of the provisions of the Act became effective … Continue reading

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The concept of “Super Data Fiduciary”

While discussing DPDPA 2023, we have often discussed the role of a “Data Processor” who is actually determining the means of processing under a proprietary software and tagged him as a “Joint Data Fiduciary”. Yesterday I had an interesting discussion … Continue reading

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Star Health Insurance Data Breach… Analysis by Advocate M.G. Kodandaram

In October 2024, a data breach was reported from Star Health and Allied Insurance which is reported to have breached data of about 170 million data subjects. Advocate Mr m G. Kodandaram has made a detailed legal analysis which is … Continue reading

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AWS FIR..Response from AWS

Further to the brief report on the FIR reportedly filed by Adarsh Builders on AWS India , AWS has responded through their public relations representative from “publicisconsultants-asia.com” as follows: “The claims against AWS in a recent news report are false. … Continue reading

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“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;He who would search for pearls, must dive below.”

This is a famous quote from John Dryden, an English Poet. I am reminded of this while commenting on the DPDPA 2023 which by design or accident has many hidden gems that we often ignore in criticising the law. In … Continue reading

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