Category Archives: Privacy

New Aadhaar App to assist Age Verification for DPDPA

The UIDAI has launched a new Aadhaar App which according to the Secretary of MeitY , can be used for age verification under DPDPA. Necessary amendments have been made to SWIK rules or the  Aadhaar authentication for goog governance  (Social … Continue reading

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PIL Filed in Madras High Court on Section 63 of BSA

Whenever an electronic document is to be presented as evidence in a Cour of law, the ITA 2000 expected a certificate to be produced about the reliability of the document for admission purpose. Earlier it was through Section 65B of … Continue reading

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FDPPI would like to facilitate DPDPA petitions in Supreme Court to be cleared at the earliest

India has witnessed a continued battle on introduction of Privacy laws since 2 decades. Every time the Government makes an  attempt whether in 2006 when the Personal Data Protection Bill 2006 was introduced in the Parliamemnt by the then Government … Continue reading

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10 year journey with GDPR

On 25th May 2016, GDPR became a law. It provided a window of 2 years for implementaion and hence the law became effective from 25th May 2018. We now have the experience of 8 years of implementation and hundreds of … Continue reading

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The AI Summit ..Sarvam AI mayam…But where is AI security?

The India impact AI summit has been a great success despite the first day problem of crowd management and the needless embarassment caused by one of the exhibitors. It has created a high degree of awareness in the Indian public … Continue reading

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The DPDPA Challenge in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court heard three petitions on February 16 challenging DPDPA act as well as the rules. The key aspects of the disputes raised are Section 44(3) which amends RTI act section 8(1) will dilute the current procisions. Government seeks … Continue reading

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