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This blogpost summarizes some of the key reports that have been released by the Standing Committee on Information Technology since its inception. Since its inception, the Standing Committee on Information Technology (“SCIT”) has released 305 reports. Out of these, 55 reports were on different subjects and 14 reports were on different Bills referred to theRead more

I. Introduction The APAC region has been at the vanguard of digitisation, digital innovation, and digital governance.[1] However, differences in legal regimes in the region have meant that any regional or global privacy initiatives such as the APEC Privacy Framework,[2] APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules System (CBPR),[3] or the Osaka Declaration of Digital Economy[4] doRead more

Introduction Kenya enacted the Data Protection Act, 2019 (hereinafter, the “Act”) in November 2019.[1] It is a comprehensive statute that governs the collection, processing and storage of personal data by government and private actors. It establishes an ecosystem of rights and obligations that operationalises the right to privacy enshrined in the Kenyan Constitution. The immediateRead more

I. Introduction In this post, we examine the data governance framework of Indonesia, from the perspective of: data processing and other obligations imposed on organisations (II);rights guaranteed to individuals (III); rules governing cross-border data flows (IV);the penal and enforcement framework (V); and the exemptions given to state agencies (VI). Part VII concludes. Although the ConstitutionRead more

I. Introduction In this post, we examine the data governance framework of Vietnam. We discuss: grounds of processing data and the obligations imposed on organisations (II);rights guaranteed to individuals (III); rules governing cross-border data flows (IV);the penal and enforcement framework (V); and the exemptions given to state agencies (VI). Part VII concludes. Although the ConstitutionRead more

1. Introduction In the previous post, we examined the data governance framework in Singapore, an active player in the APAC region. In this post, we unpack Japan’s data protection framework, from the perspective of: grounds of processing data and the obligations imposed on organisations (II);rights guaranteed to individuals (III); rules governing cross-border data flows (IV);theRead more

A. INTRODUCTION: On 11 May 2020, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) released the ‘Aarogya Setu Data Access and Knowledge Sharing Protocol’ (“Protocol”). The Protocol is issued by the chairperson of the ‘empowered group on technology and data management’ (“EG”), which is one of the 11 empowered groups created by the National ExecutiveRead more

I. Introduction In the previous post, we examined the data governance framework in Australia. In this post, we examine the data governance framework of another country in the APAC region, namely Singapore, from the perspective of: data processing obligations (II);rights guaranteed to individuals (III); rules governing cross-border data flows (IV);the penal and enforcement framework (V);Read more

I. Introduction In the previous post we examined the applicable data governance frameworks in the APAC region, with a specific focus on the Osaka Declaration. The success of the Osaka Declaration depends on different APAC countries adopting a common framework of data governance rules. In this post, we examine the data governance framework in Australia,Read more

Over the past few years, there has been a substantial increase in parliamentary activity focused on technology related issues, especially in terms of parliamentary questions raised by Members of Parliament (“MPs”) in different sessions of Parliament of India. This was also true for the recently concluded budget session held in two phases from 31 JanuaryRead more