News How Will the Data Protection Bill Approach Personal Data Transfers Outside of India? #NAMA Provision on data transfers abroad may create regulatory uncertainty and "diplomatic chaos", noted speakers at our event discussing the bill Aarathi GanesanDecember 17, 2022
News Last Date for Public Consultation on DPDP Bill 2022 Extended till Jan 2, 2023 The extension comes in response to the requests received from several stakeholders, the government notification said Mimansa SidhnathDecember 17, 2022
News How does the data protection bill deal with basic user rights and privacy? #NAMA Speakers at our discussion said that lack of limitations on purpose and storage, among other provisions, impact user rights and privacy Vallari SanzgiriDecember 16, 2022
News What are the consequences of ‘Deemed Consent’ provision in the data protection bill? #NAMA Speakers raised several aspects of the "deemed consent" provision in the new data protection bill, including if it satisfies the Puttaswamy test Vallari SanzgiriDecember 15, 2022
News Data Privacy Regime in India: Its Genesis and Evolution The new data protection bill of 2022 is the latest draft bill in India's journey of formulating a comprehensive data and privacy regime Guest AuthorDecember 14, 2022
News Data Protection Bill 2022 focuses on enabling govt access to data and surveillance, not citizens’ privacy #NAMA Speakers at MediaNama's event on the Data Protection Bill said that the blanket exemptions to the govt can be challenged in court Sarvesh MathiDecember 13, 2022
News What are the shortcomings in India’s Data Protection Board in the new draft bill? #NAMA The data protection regulator in India must have independence in rule-making powers like its global counterparts, the panellist said MitakshDecember 13, 2022
News DPDP Bill 2022: ‘Deemed’ Consent, to users’ detriment In the case of the ‘deemed consent' provision in the draft data protection law, brevity comes at the cost of clarity and user protection Guest AuthorDecember 12, 2022
News What’s missing from the Consent Manager framework in the Data Protection Bill, 2022 The regulatory ambivalence around an instrument so essential to facilitate data exchange – the CM framework – is disconcerting for several reasons. Guest AuthorDecember 10, 2022
News Protecting Personal Data: Where Grievance Redressal Falls Short The provisions around grievance redressal in the Data Protection Bill "stands to be dangerously sparse and nugatory on various counts." Guest AuthorDecember 9, 2022