1. Introduction The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”) came into force on 25 May 2018 as an umbrella regulation to safeguard data and privacy in the European Union (“EU”) and European Economic Area. Closer home, in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr v Union of India & Ors[1] (“Privacy Judgment”), a nine judgeRead more
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The Dialogue organized a roundtable in New Delhi on 5th August, 2019, to discuss the way forward for a progressive data protection law that is rights-based and implements the Supreme Court’s principles on privacy. This note summarizes the discussions from this roundtable, which was conducted under the Chatham House Rule. Session 1: Gaps inRead more
This post is the first in a series of three posts analysing the information technology (“IT”) ecosystem of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Introduction With over 4 billion people online[1], the internet has reshaped how we do business, communicate and conduct governance[2]. As the digital economy evolves, digital security has taken on a distinctRead more
This article argues that India’s draft National E-Commerce Policy will harm its startups. An edited version of this article was first published in the Economic Times on Saturday, 16 March 2019. The version published by the Economic Times is also available online, here. About two months from now, the US government will start to imposeRead more
The National Health Policy, 2017[1] (“Policy”) envisaged the creation of a digital health technology ecosystem, aiming to leverage the potential of digital health data. The advantages of such digitalization and the potential of technology can hardly be overlooked, yet the proposals in this policy essentially involve large-scale creation, collection and sharing of health data. AnRead more
The draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 (“Bill”) raises many concerns for businesses – start-ups and established companies alike. Companies will be required to revamp several of their operational practices once the Bill becomes an enforceable law. This post provides an overview of some of the practical concerns raised by the Bill to give aRead more
In a 12 part series, we have mapped stakeholders’ comments to the Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). In order to address key data privacy and security issues, the TRAI framed twelve (12) questions and invited comments to these questions. InRead more
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
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
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