A detailed clause-wise analysis of the Parliamentary committee’s report on India’s data protection law. On 16 December 2021, the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 tabled its report in Parliament. The committee recommends expanding the Bill’s scope to include non-personal data, imposing greater restrictions on cross-border data flows, removing the tradeRead more
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This blogpost discusses the comments prepared by Ikigai Law with Ms. Arushi Goel (ex-Judge, India and a legal advisor based in UAE) for the draft ‘Data Protection Regulatory Framework’ notified by the Abu Dhabi Global Market in November 2020. The Abu Dhabi Global Market or ADGM is an international financial centre and a financial freeRead more
The Sri Lankan Ministry of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology (“MDIIT”) released the latest version of Personal Data Protection Act (“PDP Bill”) on September 24, 2019. Substantial modifications were made to the previous draft of the Bill based on consultations with key stakeholders[1]. To draft the PDP Bill, the Drafting Committee looked at international bestRead more
I. 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
The Indian government’s endeavour to regulate the collection and use of personal data dates back to 2012 when the A.P. Shah led committee released its report on privacy[1]. Seven years hence, the much awaited Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 (“2019 Bill”)[2] was introduced by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in the seventeenth Lok SabhaRead more
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
Context: In response to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (“MeITY”) call for comments on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 (“Bill”), Ikigai Law and Inc42 submitted a consolidated set of comments reflecting the views of certain startups on the proposed law. These comments were published in connection with ‘The Dialogue’[1] – a roundtableRead 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