News Why Are Jio, Airtel, and PayTM Pushing For Indians’ Personal Data to be Stored in India? They argued that personal data flows abroad will limit law enforcement agencies' access to data, dampen investments in data centres back home. Aarathi GanesanJanuary 6, 2023
News List of Submissions on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, made to IT Ministry Many organizations, including MediaNama, have come forward and made their submissions on the data protection bill public, and we have compiled a list of... Mimansa SidhnathJanuary 3, 2023
News Data Protection Bill legitimises surveillance, govt has no intent of reforms: stakeholders #NAMA The data protection bill leans heavily in favour of government access and use of personal data, leaving citizens vulnerable to surveillance Sarvesh MathiDecember 20, 2022
News Does withdrawal of consent trump deemed consent or vice versa? #NAMA How would withdrawing consent work if one's information has been used under the 'deemed consent' provision in the data protection bill, 2022? Vallari SanzgiriDecember 20, 2022
News How the Data Protection Bill, 2022 fares in the Supreme Court’s Puttaswamy test: IFF IFF remarked that "it is intended to be a data processing bill and not a data protection bill" in their evaluation, among other points Sarvesh MathiDecember 20, 2022
News “Someone doesn’t care enough to give us a proper data protection bill”: Alok Prasanna Kumar of Vidhi Centre There are "serious issues" with drafting of the bill, implementation, and clarity over the Data Protection Board's functioning, says Kumar Arjun BanerjeeDecember 20, 2022
News Data protection bill’s deemed consent provision “turns exceptions into the norm” #NAMA Does the 'deemed consent' provision in the Bill undermine privacy protections? Speakers at Bangalore gave their views during our event Sarasvati NTDecember 19, 2022
News Facial Recognition Cameras Active At Bengaluru’s RCB Bar & Café: The Harms of India’s Tryst with FRT Experts say facial recognition tech should be ring-fenced and limited to specific cases, adding that its human rights impacts should be considered Aarathi GanesanDecember 19, 2022
News Seven Issues With How The Data Protection Bill Safeguards Children’s Data The Bill fails to consider the needs and interests of minors in different age groups, lacks privacy by design, among other drawbacks Akshit ChawlaDecember 17, 2022
News How The Data Protection Bill Restricts Children’s Access To The Internet #NAMA Is the new data protection bill focussed on improving access to internet for children, or the opposite? Stakeholders gave their views at our event Akshit ChawlaDecember 17, 2022