News Follow GAC’s Decisions or Lose Safe Harbour Status: Rajeev Chandrasekhar on New IT Rules Amendment 2022 Minister of State at MeitY, R. Chandrasekhar conducted a press conference after the amended IT Rules were released, speaking on GAC, safe harbour, and... Akshit ChawlaOctober 31, 2022
News Data Localisation Provisions May Be Eased in New Data Protection Bill, Says Rajeev Chandrasekhar India's proposed data localisation rules had drawn criticism in the earlier version of its data protection legislation, Chandrasekhar indicates Aarathi GanesanOctober 11, 2022
News ‘Absolutist’ GDPR-like Data Protection Approach Not For India: Rajeev Chandrasekhar The Minister of State said that India cannot have an 'absolutist' approach like the EU's GDPR in upcoming data protection law Akshit ChawlaSeptember 27, 2022
News What MeitY Has Said On Upcoming IT Laws Since Withdrawing the Data Protection Bill After the The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 was withdrawn recently, here is what a new data and privacy protection Bill may look like Aarathi GanesanAugust 29, 2022
News MeitY offers several concessions on CERT-IN guidelines during meeting with industry bodies The MeitY held a meeting with industry stakeholders on their concerns about the government's cybersecurity directives, offering some concessions Anushka JainJune 13, 2022
News “Goal not to sit on top of Big Tech”; India may consider self regulation of grievance redressal by Social Media Fresh amendments to the IT Rules 2021 by MeitY propose self-regulation in grievance redressal by social media platforms Anushka JainJune 8, 2022
News Public consultations not needed for cybersecurity directive: IT Ministry The directive has come under criticism for a slew of reasons. Sarvesh MathiMay 21, 2022
News VPN providers undeterred by minister’s ultimatum to comply or leave India Many popular VPNs had made it clear that they will not comply. Sarvesh MathiMay 20, 2022
News Deplatforming users violates fundamental rights: Rajeev Chandrasekhar His views echo the government's stance on account suspensions. Sarvesh MathiMay 12, 2022
News Cannot allow Big Tech to unplug India from the internet: Rajeev Chandrasekhar Actions by major tech companies in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is serving as a wake-up call. Sarvesh MathiApril 28, 2022