Here is a copy of an online discussion on PDPA held at the office of Dakshlegal on 12th instant. It was an impromptu discussion.
A link to the entire discussion is available here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1004611326222954/permalink/3039087706108629/
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The Adjudicating officer of Telengana on 30th September 2019 awarded compensation to a victim of a fraud in ICICI Bank. The total amount which the customer (an NRI) had lost was Rs 43,07,525/-. The Bank had alleged that this was a Phishing case and hence the Bank is not liable.
However, the adjudicator considered that the Bank was negligent under Section 43 and 43A of ITA 2000 and hence liable to pay back the amount lost along with a further compensation of Rs 5,00,000/- towards mental agony, Rs 50000/- towards expenses and 9% interest from the date of loss.
The Copy of the judgement is available here
Along with other cases from TDSAT, this is yet another case where the Bank was being held liable for the fraud.
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Published in India Legal dated 12th November 2019. PDF version of the article is available here:
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The last few moths have seen a flurry of activity on Naavi.org related to Privacy and Data Protection. In order to bring all the articles published during this period into one list for easy reference, containing 39 articles.
It would be interesting for me to receive comments from industry experts and academicians on the different views expressed in these articles and contribute further into the knowledge base.
I invite any of the viewers to submit their views and counterpoints on the issues discussed here for publication in these columns.
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The California Consumer Protection Act which has a bearing on the Indian IT industry processing personal data of Californian citizens is getting ready for implementation from 1st January 2019.
On October 13, 7 amendments have been passed for the earlier Act which was passed on June 28 2018.
More importantly, a draft regulation has also been released by the Attorney General on 10th October 2019 for public comments.
Public Comments may be filed by December 6 2019.
Interested persons may study the Act as it has now emerged and also submit their comments. Naavi.org and FDPPI is collating views on the regulations and would submit its views.
Details of the Act and the regulations can be found here:
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