This article explains what are privacy coins, key regulatory concerns, and how these can be addressed. Blockchain is gaining popularity, but it has a privacy problem. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, summarizes the concern: “As seductive as a blockchain’s other advantages are, neither companies nor individuals are particularly keen on publishing all of theirRead more
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Has the government finally cracked the code on regulating emerging technology? The Drone Rules 2021 display maturity and a willingness to receive and act on feedback from the government. In this blogpost, we discuss how the Drone Rules are an example of a forward thinking and permissive regime that could be a model for otherRead more
The Ministry of Civil Aviation released the National Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management Policy Framework (Policy Framework) in October 2021. The Policy Framework sets the basis for the creation of a traffic management mechanism for drones, on which trials will be conducted over the next 6 months. In this blogpost, we highlight the comments thatRead more
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
The Government released a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturers of drones in India. This scheme seeks to promote the growth of the drone manufacturing sector in India, in conjunction with the Drone Rules 2021. It provides incentives which will see the growth of more indigenous drone and drone component manufacturers, promote foreign investment in the sector andRead more
The Drone Rules, 2021 were released for public consultation by the government on 15th July 2021. The rules came into effect on 25th August 2021 and seek to revamp the regulatory regime for drones. These rules are more permissive and have improved the ease of doing business from the previous two iterations of regulations onRead more
A governance model in sport is necessary to ensure integrity of the sport and to protect rights of its stakeholders: the players, teams, publishers and competition organisers. The existing governance structures in traditional sports have developed over decades alongside the development of the sports. Foremost, a governance system requires a governing body accepted by allRead more
The big tech[1] regulation debate has undergone varying degrees of change over time. It started with Microsoft’s legal battles in the 1990s when the United States-Department of Justice (“US-DOJ”) investigated complaints of the company bundling Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system on personal computers and using a pricing strategy that was an entry barrierRead 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
Sreenidhi Srinivasan writes about non-personal data and why the government should hold a wide public consultation on it.