Ikigai Law In The News

August 28, 2018 / media

Draft Personal Data Protection Bill: Make Your Voice Heard In ‘The Dialogue’ By Inc42 & Ikigai Law

Promotional article discussing 'The Dialogue' - Ikigai Law and Inc42's conference on the data protection bill for startups. https://inc42.com/buzz/draft-personal-data-protection-bill-make-your-voice-heard-in-the-dialogue-by-inc42-tra-law/

August 22, 2018 / media

What is data localisation and why a push for it is raising concerns about privacy in India

Opinion piece on the politics of data localization and its constitutionality. https://scroll.in/article/890888/what-is-data-localisation-and-why-a-push-for-it-is-raising-concerns-about-privacy-in-india

August 8, 2018 / media

What Will Be The Fate Of TRAI Recommendations And The RBI Circular After The PDP Bill Is Enacted?

Opinion piece comparing India's draft personal data protection bill with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's privacy recommendations, and the...

July 27, 2018 / media

Towards a surveillance state: Draft data protection law is a blow to the right to privacy

Tuhina Joshi was quoted in a news report on the potential for state surveillace under the draft data protection law....

July 26, 2018 / media

Data privacy: which way are we heading?

Opinion piece analysing where the Srikrishna Committee's provisional views and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's privacy recommendations overlap, and...

July 25, 2018 / media

India’s law reform committee accepts cryptocurrency as a valid mode of payment

Tuhina Joshi was quoted on the Law Commission's stance on the legality of cryptocurrencies as a mode of payment. https://qz.com/india/1335056/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-could-be-legal-tender-thanks-to-ipl-match-fixing/...

July 23, 2018 / media

India’s Cryptocurrency Exchanges face another 50 days of uncertainity

Pushan Dwivedi was quoted in a news report on the implications of the on-going litigation in the Supreme Court against...

June 20, 2018 / media

Justice Srikrishna Committee to Finally Table Data Protection Bill Report, But It’s Only Half the Battle Won

Pushan Dwivedi was quoted on the permissible grounds of processing personal data, that are in addition to consent of the...

June 19, 2018 / media

Did the RBI have the right to not answer legitimate questions?

Ever since the news broke that the Reserve bank of India (RBI) did not do its due diligence before imposing restrictions on banks to not have a working relationship with Indian cryptocurrency exchanges, there has been chaos in the community.