This note maps the opinions of some stakeholders to the White Paper of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India, released on 27th November, 2017 (“White Paper”). While all responses to the White Paper are currently unavailable, responses of twenty-seven (27) stakeholders are available on Dvara Research’s blog, here. BackgroundRead more
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An edited version of this piece by Nehaa Chaudhari was first published by Inc42 and is available here. About ten days ago, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) appointed Committee of Experts chaired by Justice Srikrishna (Srikrishna Committee) released its final recommendations on what India’s data protection framework should look like. It alsoRead more
In 2016, WhatsApp changed its privacy policy to permit WhatsApp to share data with Facebook. This policy change was challenged through a writ petition by Karmanya Singh Sareen in the Hon’ble Delhi High Court (“High Court”). The High Court provided partial relief and disposed of this writ petition in the same year. In DecemberRead more
This note maps the opinions of some stakeholders on the White Paper of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India, released on 27 November, 2017 (“White Paper”). While all responses to the White Paper are currently unavailable, responses of twenty-seven (27) stakeholders are available on Dvara Research’s blog, here. Background InRead more
In the last few years, angel tax has caused considerable concerns within the startup community in India. Changes initiated to address such concerns in the angel tax framework has created uncertainty within the startup ecosystem. A timeline of the devleopments related to angel tax is available here. This article deconstructs the existing framework governing angelRead more
Angel tax has been a cause of concern in the startup and angel investor community since 2012. It is a tax levied on investments in startups by treating the investment, or a part of the investment, as taxable income under the Income Tax Act, 1961. Following is a timeline of the important developments in relationRead more
In February 2017, Whatsapp had announced its plans to introduce a UPI-based payments service in India. Since then, a number of developments have taken place with respect to the payments service, including a discussion on privacy concerns surrounding the application’s use of customer data. This post provides a timeline of all the developments that haveRead more
On 9th August 2017, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) released a consultation paper on Privacy, Security, and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector (“Consultation Paper”) as a step towards developing a robust data protection framework to safeguard consumer interest in the telecom sector. TRAI is expected to release its final recommendations on the subject soon.[1]Read more
On 6th April, 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a notification (Notification) mandating that all data related to payment systems be locally stored only in India (Data Localisation Mandate).[1] System providers were required to comply within 6 months, and report such compliance to the RBI by 15th October, 2018. System providers mustRead more
On 29th May, 2018, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) released the draft Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 (“Regulations”), aimed to curb the problem of unsolicited commercial communication, or spam, for telecom subscribers. As stated in the accompanying press release, TRAI has chosen to adopt Distributed Ledger Technology (also known as “blockchain”)Read more