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Hi all,   The year started with a bang for Ikigai Law. We were awarded ‘Boutique Law Firm of the Year’ at the Asian Legal Business India Law Awards 2020 for the second time in a row, and we are thrilled. Soon after, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the Reserve Bank of India’s (“RBI”) circular prohibiting banks and other regulated entities from servicing businesses dealing in virtual currencies. Ikigai Law represented the crypto-currency exchanges in this matter, and itRead more

Hello colleagues,                                                                          We are in the roaring 20s! 2019 was kind in that it brought challenges and victories alike. It allowed us to engage more meaningfully with you and with the tech policy community generally, through this Tech Ticker. We hope that this project has served its purpose of keeping busy tech enthusiasts abreastRead more

Hi all,   We are happy to be back with more tech related developments from the first month of this new decade. This month, the National Democratic Alliance – II (“NDA-II”) government released its Union Budget and India’s Economic Survey. We were able to cobble up our thoughts on it for you here. Discussions on the National Cyber Security Policy 2020 also gained momentum after it was reported that the government is making itsRead more

Dear colleague,   A very happy new year! 2019 kept us busy at Ikigai Law, not least because the Indian government introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 in Parliament. This proposed law differs in key aspects from an earlier version prepared by the government appointed Justice Srikrishna Committee. The government’s bill has now beenRead more

Hi all,    November was a busy and exciting month for Ikigai Law. We held a roundtable on the government’s proposed amendments to the intermediary guidelines and their effect on intermediary safe harbour in Bangalore, in partnership with Inc42. In an effort to lend some clarity to discussions on non-personal data in the country, our team explored data marketplaces as a means of sharing data. Vijayant led workRead more

Hi all,    This month from India’s tech policy space:  Important developments   The winter session of Parliament will commence on 18 November 2019 and end on 13 December 2019. The upcoming winter session is shorter than the previous two Parliament winter sessions which went on till January.  In other news, the transport minister Nitin Gadkari has said that India should aim to become a hub for electric vehicles manufacturing in the coming years. In the business world, Walmart’s chief executive officer,Read more

Hello colleagues,    We’re back with Ikigai Law’s latest edition of the Tech Ticker and the latest from the world of tech policy.   ‘Digital Technology Policy for India’s USD 5 Trillion Economy’ – An IAMAI report authored by Ikigai Law  We are delighted to announce the launch of the ‘Digital Technology Policy for India’s USD 5 Trillion Economy’, an IAMAI report authored by IkigaiRead more

Dear colleagues,    This month Ikigai’s Tech Ticker maps government and regulatory movement on data protection, cryptocurrency and electronic vehicles.  Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi voiced his belief that India could become a data science, analytics and storage hub and announced that his government was working tirelessly to create a robust data protection framework. Ministries are awaiting clarity from the PMO on India’s position on data localisation as the government plans to table the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 (“PDP Bill”) in the winter session of parliament later this year. Meanwhile, a high-level government panel recommended doingRead more

Hello everyone,    We are back with the Tech Ticker and more interesting titbits from the tech space. July saw a lot of activity and the ones around the Union Budget, the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 (PDP Bill) and GAFA particularly caught our eye.   Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to scrap merchant discount rates (MDR) for merchants with an annual turnover of over INR 50 crore who provided low-cost digital paymentRead more

Hi everyone,  Welcome to the first edition of our Tech Ticker! Through this newsletter, we will share with you a few things from the world of technology that catch our eye every month. We promise to keep things short and would love to hear from you on how to make things better!  First, the big stuff. Narendra Modi is back as India’s Prime Minister (this pieceRead more