Classifying intermediaries in the upcoming DIA
1 year, 1 month ago

Classifying intermediaries in the upcoming DIA

Hindustan Times  

The enactment of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act of 2023 reflects a concerted effort to establish an Open, Safe, Trusted, and Accountable internet ecosystem. With the data protection regime nearly finalised all eyes are on the Digital India Bill to achieve the objectives of Open, Safe, Trusted and Accountable online space. As the Government works towards this transition from the Information Technology Act, 2000 to the Digital India Bill, a core concept requiring focus is the changing role of the intermediaries. The Model Defamation Amendment Provisions 2022 of the Government of New South Wales defines "digital intermediary" and classifies within its definition services such as social media platforms, electronic messaging services, etc. Towards supporting these objectives of the government, Chase India’s recent report “Proposed Classification of Intermediaries Under the Upcoming Digital India Bill” proposed an intermediary classification mechanism in the report.

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Privacy as priority: India can’t afford any further delay in notifying data protection rules
1 week ago

Privacy as priority: India can’t afford any further delay in notifying data protection rules

Live Mint  

A few days ago, Signzy, a popular Know Your Customer verification service used by India’s top banks and fintech firms, was affected by a cyber attack that may have exposed the sensitive personal information of millions. India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act was passed six years after the Right to Privacy verdict in 2017. The Digital India Act, touted as …

Suggestions from over 100 entities on Digital Competition Bill under consideration: FM
2 weeks ago

Suggestions from over 100 entities on Digital Competition Bill under consideration: FM

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government consulted over 100 entities including some of the businesses likely to be impacted by the proposed digital competition law, such as Amazon, Apple India Pvt. The minister told the House in a written reply that pre-legislative consultations on the Draft Digital Competition Bill were held as per the ministry of corporate affairs’ policy. Closed-door consultations were …

Cyber-Secure India: A Collective Effort to Protect Citizens from Digital Crimes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cyber-Secure India: A Collective Effort to Protect Citizens from Digital Crimes

Hindustan Times  

Cybersecurity is a top priority for the Indian government, with the country witnessing a surge in digital connectivity and a corresponding rise in cybercrimes. However, authorities have been proactive in safeguarding citizens from these threats, disconnecting fraudulent mobile connections and blocking over ₹2,400 crore in suspicious transactions. The government has also launched an indigenously developed International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention …

Transforming India's Economy: The Power of Digital Public Infrastructure
2 months ago

Transforming India's Economy: The Power of Digital Public Infrastructure

Live Mint  

The article highlights the importance of digitalization in transforming India's economy. It emphasizes the role of open platforms and collaboration between the public and private sectors in building a robust digital infrastructure. The government's initiatives, such as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), demonstrate the government's commitment to fostering a digital economy.

Synergising DPI and digital commons
4 months ago

Synergising DPI and digital commons

Hindustan Times  

India’s G20 presidency has made digital public infrastructure a central offering, showcasing the country’s beneficial experience of technology and digitalisation and its relevance to countries of various income levels. Given the immense potential of DPIs, digital commons and digital public goods, especially in the context of advancing SDGs, there is a pressing need to align these diverse perspectives, experiences and …

​Shock-proof state: On an outage and a democratic digital infrastructure
5 months ago

​Shock-proof state: On an outage and a democratic digital infrastructure

The Hindu  

A bright light fell on the extent of the world’s dependence on information technologies when on July 19, supermarkets, banks, hospitals, airports, and many other services in between suffered a simultaneous blackout after a common software solution they used glitched. This requires a ‘Digital India’ push that is cognisant of software solutions’ relationship with digital privacy and data sovereignty, layered …

Govt-appointed panel proposes bill to curb anti-competitive practices by tech giants
9 months, 1 week ago

Govt-appointed panel proposes bill to curb anti-competitive practices by tech giants

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Committee on Digital Competition Law, constituted by the Union ministry of corporate affairs, has proposed a legislation to curb anti-competitive business practices used by tech giants such as Amazon, Google and Facebook. In the draft bill, the committee proposed that for certain “core digital services” such as search engines, web browsers and social networking sites, the Competition …

India excels in AI, but lags in adopting basic broadband and internet
10 months ago

India excels in AI, but lags in adopting basic broadband and internet

New Indian Express  

As Gartner’s Hype Cycle would suggest, many of these technologies are in the innovation trigger phase and are likely to be adopted only by innovators in the country. India’s progress in digital payment India has made remarkable progress on the use of digital payments, especially in the public sector. Data from the World Bank’s Findex Survey shows that digitally delivered …

Harmonizing Horizons: Unravelling Digital Lending Regulations in a Global Context
11 months ago

Harmonizing Horizons: Unravelling Digital Lending Regulations in a Global Context

Live Law  

Driven by technical improvements and improved internet access, digital lending is on the rise in India with the goal of improving financial inclusion. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plays a pivotal role in enforcing federal consumer protection laws, recently issuing guidelines tailored for digital lending platforms. United Kingdom Within the United Kingdom, oversight of digital lending platforms falls under the …

Review: The Third Way by Rahul Matthan
1 year ago

Review: The Third Way by Rahul Matthan

Hindustan Times  

The history of modern of technology begins in the West. But there is another way, argues technology lawyer Rahul Matthan in his new book titled The Third Way – India’s Revolutionary Approach to Data Governance. Matthan’s third way refers to the development and adoption of the so-called the India Stack – a combination of platforms and protocols that make up …

India's Data Revolution: Unpacking the DPDPA 2023 and Ensuring Accountability
1 year ago

India's Data Revolution: Unpacking the DPDPA 2023 and Ensuring Accountability

The Quint  

It is crucial to establish mechanisms that hold the government accountable as a data custodian, said Dr Kislay Pandey, a leading corporate lawyer of India. Specific measures need to be taken to explicitly regulate emerging technologies like AI and tapping into their potential to bolster data protection. He further said, “To ensure the efficacy of data protection and privacy regulation …

The Art of A Good Unicorn | Startup founders, be careful as data is more liability than asset now
1 year, 1 month ago

The Art of A Good Unicorn | Startup founders, be careful as data is more liability than asset now

Hindustan Times  

India has become a rapidly evolving digital landscape where technology reigns supreme. And therein lies the rub: The need for accountability and data protection brewing in Internet startups handling data in India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem. And so, in August 2023, India’s Rajya Sabha passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 to redefine how digital personal data is processed. Or …

How the Digital India Act will shape the future of the country’s cyber landscape
1 year, 2 months ago

How the Digital India Act will shape the future of the country’s cyber landscape

The Hindu  

October 09, 2023 08:30 am | Updated 08:30 am IST Nations worldwide are grappling with the need to update their legal frameworks to adapt to the evolving digital landscape. The recent announcement of the Digital India Act 2023 represents a significant step towards establishing a future-ready legal framework for the country’s burgeoning digital ecosystem. The primary motivation behind the DIA …

‘Digital India Experience Zone’: G20 Summit Spotlight on UPI, Aadhaar, Bhashini & New Feature ‘Ask GITA’
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Digital India Experience Zone’: G20 Summit Spotlight on UPI, Aadhaar, Bhashini & New Feature ‘Ask GITA’

News 18  

The ‘Digital India Experience Zone’ at the upcoming G20 Leaders Summit in New Delhi, will be a standout attraction showcasing India’s ‘digital’ journey since 2014. “The seven DPI components will be showcased in the ‘Experience Zone’ along India’s digital journey wall, in front of which there will be a cycle. The visitors can converse with the platform to seek information …

From Orientalism to Digital Leadership - News18
1 year, 3 months ago

From Orientalism to Digital Leadership - News18

News 18  

For centuries, Western perception of countries like India has been coloured by orientalist narratives, an idea embedded deep within the philosophical works of thinkers like Edward Said in Orientalism. The world watched in amazement as Germany’s Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Volker Wissing, used India’s Unified Payments Interface to pay a vegetable vendor, illustrating India’s prowess in digital public …

India ranks first in digital payments made globally: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

India ranks first in digital payments made globally: Report

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Online banking and the shift to a cashless society started approximately three decades ago in India. This year, 91 billion digital payment transactions have been recorded and today India ranks first in the number of digital payments made globally. Backbase on Wednesday released the IDC Infobrief titled ‘Accelerating customer-centric transformation by balancing build and buy - A collaborative approach …

Explained: India's new Digital Personal Data Protection framework
1 year, 4 months ago

Explained: India's new Digital Personal Data Protection framework

Hindustan Times  

A new law that defines how companies should process users' data came into force with the President giving assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act passed by Parliament in the just-concluded monsoon session. Digital Personal Data Protection law has been notified by government. Entities must protect personal data in their possession by taking reasonable security safeguards to prevent a …

Paytm CEO says data protection bill ‘well articulated’, calls it ‘progress of our digital economy’
1 year, 4 months ago

Paytm CEO says data protection bill ‘well articulated’, calls it ‘progress of our digital economy’

Hindustan Times  

Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Friday took to X to praise the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, stating that it has been “well articulated” and that “it is progress for India's digital economy,” tagging Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and the IT ministry. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, which curbs the misuse of personal information by …

President Gives Assent To Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

President Gives Assent To Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023

Live Law  

The President has given assent to the new the Digital Personal Data Protect, Act 2023 on Friday. The Bill seeks “to provide for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes.” It applies to the processing …

Satire India new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 policy highlights
1 year, 4 months ago

Satire India new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 policy highlights

The Hindu  

First of all, kudos to the Mother of Democracy for setting new world records every day for fastest-ever law-making. Did you know the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 zipped through Parliament faster than a bullet train? There was no nonsense like ‘informed consent’ because they knew that all individual streams of data merge eventually with the Annadata — ‘the …

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill passed in Parliament, why has govt termed it as a game-changer?
1 year, 4 months ago

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill passed in Parliament, why has govt termed it as a game-changer?

India TV News  

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, that introduces several compliance requirements for the collection and processing of personal data and provisions for up to Rs 250 crore penalty for any data breach, provides security to personal data. All in all, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill or Data …

Legal framework for privacy as RS clears digital data bill
1 year, 4 months ago

Legal framework for privacy as RS clears digital data bill

Hindustan Times  

The Rajya Sabha passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 on Wednesday, clearing the way for what will be the first legal framework for privacy, close to six years after it was held as a fundamental right for Indians by the Supreme Court. While it is unlikely to take long for the bill to receive presidential assent — at …

Data market’s future hinges on regulation
1 year, 4 months ago

Data market’s future hinges on regulation

Hindustan Times  

In 1776, when Adam Smith — arguably the most ardent champion of market economics — argued in favour of the invisible hand, there was no telephone, no broadband and no digital data coursing through cables or air waves. Several economists, including Hal Varian, the chief economist of Google, are swayed by the efficiency hypothesis while others liken data to oil …

India passes data protection legislation in Parliament. Critics fear privacy violation
1 year, 4 months ago

India passes data protection legislation in Parliament. Critics fear privacy violation

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian lawmakers Wednesday approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for data breaches” as several groups expressed concern over citizens’ privacy rights. The legislation will limit cross-border transfer of data and provide a framework for setting up a data protection authority to ensure compliance from tech companies, Information …

India’s data protection law needs refinement
1 year, 5 months ago

India’s data protection law needs refinement

The Hindu  

India is no Europe, and this seems especially true in the face of a task such as drafting and conceptualising a data protection law for over 1.4 billion Indians. The European Union’s data protection law, i.e., the General Data Protection Regulation, came into force in the middle of 2018 and achieved widespread popularity as arguably the most comprehensive data privacy …

New Data Protection Bill receives Cabinet's green light: Here's all you need to know
1 year, 5 months ago

New Data Protection Bill receives Cabinet's green light: Here's all you need to know

India TV News  

India's ongoing efforts to protect privacy and personal data have gained significance in light of the Supreme Court's recognition of privacy as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. The need for a robust data protection law became apparent following incidents of data breaches and unauthorized use of personal information by entities before stricter regulations were imposed globally. …

Laying the foundation for a future-ready digital India
1 year, 5 months ago

Laying the foundation for a future-ready digital India

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has been actively organising consultations on the proposed “Digital India Bill” to build conceptual alignment on a new law that will replace India’s 23-year-old Information Technology Act. Why the present regime is untenable The current IT Act defines an “intermediary” to include any entity between a user and the Internet, and the IT Rules …

India likely to offer digital infra to several countries
1 year, 6 months ago

India likely to offer digital infra to several countries

Live Mint  

India is in talks with a number of developing countries to extend its digital public infrastructure partnerships, according to persons aware of the matter. According to the persons cited above, India is now in talks with several countries in the global South, including in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia, to extend these DPI partnerships. Digital public infrastructure has become …

It is a new assault on India’s liberty
1 year, 8 months ago

It is a new assault on India’s liberty

The Hindu  

On April 6, 2023, the Union government introduced a new set of measures with a view to crushing fake news and misinformation on the Internet. The amendment grants to the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology unbridled power to create a “fact check unit”, which will identify false or misleading online content that concerns the central government’s business in …

IMF hails India’s digital transformation, asks other countries to learn from it
1 year, 8 months ago

IMF hails India’s digital transformation, asks other countries to learn from it

Live Mint  

India's development of a "world-class digital public infrastructure" serves as a model for other nations undergoing digital transformation, according to a working paper by the International Monetary Fund. The paper, titled 'Stacking up the Benefits Lessons from India's Digital Journey,' credits India's building block approach and focus on supporting innovation for the success of its digital public infrastructure. The paper …

MeitY mystery: Consultation process for Digital India Bill still opaque
1 year, 9 months ago

MeitY mystery: Consultation process for Digital India Bill still opaque

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 23, 2023 10:45 IST - 7 MINS READ The Union government’s ambitious vision of Digital India and its goals of “Catalysing New India’s Techade” are well known. The Bill will also touch upon the idea of “discretionary moderation of fake news” by social media platforms as well as “content monetisation rules for platform-generated and user-generated content”. “The …

Explained | Highlights of the proposed Digital India Act, 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | Highlights of the proposed Digital India Act, 2023

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Union government formally outlined a proposed version of the Digital India Act, 2023 — the legislative framework expected to replace the Information Technology Act, 2000 — in Bengaluru on Thursday. The Digital India Act will be a four-pronged legislation, out of which a draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was put out by the government …

Digital India Act: A Black and White Journey Begins After The Festival Of Colours
1 year, 9 months ago

Digital India Act: A Black and White Journey Begins After The Festival Of Colours

ABP News  

Union Minister for State for Electronics And Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar unveiled and gave an overall glimpse of the proposed basic structure/framework and an overall roadmap of the Digital India Act 2023 on March 9, 2023. While on the one hand, the internet, devices and information technology have empowered the citizens of India, at the same time it has also …

Reviewing ‘safe harbour’ protections under Digital India bill: MoS Chandrasekhar
1 year, 9 months ago

Reviewing ‘safe harbour’ protections under Digital India bill: MoS Chandrasekhar

Hindustan Times  

The government is reconsidering “safe harbour” protections for social media companies as it looks to classify them based on the functions they perform, the junior minister for electronics and technology said on Thursday during a consultation meeting for the much-awaited Digital India bill. “There is a need for a different set of rules for each class of intermediaries,” Union minister …

Centre to reconsider ‘safe harbour’ clause in IT law
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre to reconsider ‘safe harbour’ clause in IT law

The Hindu  

The Union government on Thursday formally outlined the Digital India Act, 2023 which is a broad overhaul of the decades-old Information Technology Act, 2000. From the 2000s onward, Mr. Chandrasekhar said, platforms for which safe harbour was applied as a concept “have now morphed into multiple types of participants and platforms on the internet, functionally very different from each other, …

The world can learn from India’s digital public infra experience
1 year, 9 months ago

The world can learn from India’s digital public infra experience

Hindustan Times  

Last week, the Digital Economy Working Group of G20 met for the first time under India’s presidency. We draw from a recent study of three state-level digital ecosystems for the delivery of social protection and observe the following learnings for India to take to a global stage: First, well-defined data privacy and security laws are critical to the success of …

Govt Working On Digital India Act To Stop Internet-Aided Circulation Of Criminal, Child Sexual Abuse Material: Union Minister
1 year, 9 months ago

Govt Working On Digital India Act To Stop Internet-Aided Circulation Of Criminal, Child Sexual Abuse Material: Union Minister

News 18  

New Delhi, Mar 3: The government is working on a Digital India Act to incorporate new rules for stopping internet-aided circulation of illegal, criminal and child sexual abuse material, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar said on Friday. Addressing a conference on ‘Child Sexual Abuse Material ’, hosted by the National Human Rights Commission at the Vigyan Bhawan here, the minister of …

The Public Digital Platforms Opportunity for India at G20
1 year, 11 months ago

The Public Digital Platforms Opportunity for India at G20

News 18  

The 21st century has seen a boom in building transformative technological and digital solutions to cater to different social and economic challenges. The concept of technology becoming a fulcrum for development has showcased the numerous ways in which different platforms and digital infrastructure can be built to ensure public service delivery as well as streamline governance. Leveraging the Network Effects …

Gear up wisely to clamp down on important digital intermediaries
1 year, 11 months ago

Gear up wisely to clamp down on important digital intermediaries

Live Mint  

Hard on the heels of its recommendations on the Competition Bill, 2022, India’s Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on “anti-competitive practices by big tech companies” in the Lok Sabha on 22 December 2022. To address the unique needs of digital markets, the committee has recommended the introduction of a ‘Digital Competition Act’, which would ensure a fair, transparent …

Big Tech and the need in India for ex-ante regulation
2 years ago

Big Tech and the need in India for ex-ante regulation

The Hindu  

The Indian anti-trust body, the Competition Commission of India ’s move, in October, to impose a penalty of ₹1,337.76 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position in the android mobile device ecosystem, has forced us, once again, to rethink the market power of Big Tech companies. The EU’s Digital Market Act and “gatekeepers” who will enforce rules and regulations …

Significant work done, draft Digital India Act framework by early 2023: MoS IT
2 years, 1 month ago

Significant work done, draft Digital India Act framework by early 2023: MoS IT

The Hindu  

A significant amount of work has been done on proposed Digital India Act, and the draft legislative framework to support 'India's techade' is expected by early 2023, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said. Asked about the status of Digital India Act, which will replace the IT Act, Mr. Chandrasekhar said: "A significant amount of work has been …

The promise of ONDC and the challenges it will face
2 years, 3 months ago

The promise of ONDC and the challenges it will face

Live Mint  

In the first half of 2016, when the Unified Payments Interface which enables real-time payment or transfer of funds between banks was launched, a black swan event in the form of demonetisation in November that year provided the major ballast that was required for digital payments to take off in India. What was touted as the WhatsApp moment for India …

Why CCI matters for protecting customers from digital players
2 years, 3 months ago

Why CCI matters for protecting customers from digital players

Live Mint  

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, headed by Jayant Sinha, is only the latest to voice its concerns about potential risks from the rapid growth of the digital economy. In particular, the risks arising from the inherently anti-competitive nature of players in the digital world due to what are known as network effects, the peculiar feature that makes the value …

Digital India: The Indian way | OPINION
2 years, 3 months ago

Digital India: The Indian way | OPINION

India Today  

The digital policies that are being picked up in India do not really reflect the digital issues that are important from an India perspective. While India is hurtling in an accelerated manner towards an ever-increasing digitalisation of our economy and of our society, we also need to ensure that it is happening the Indian way, supporting the issues that are …

Technology companies wary of law on digital competition
2 years, 4 months ago

Technology companies wary of law on digital competition

The Hindu  

To tackle unfair and predatory practices in the digital market space, the Standing Committee on Finance will be submitting a report in the first week of September on how the competition law needs to evolve for the digital market. “In the first week of September, the Standing Committee on Finance will be submitting a report on the evolution of competition …

Data opportunity at the G20
2 years, 4 months ago

Data opportunity at the G20

The Hindu  

The global politics of data is rapidly evolving as leading and emerging digital economies like the European Union, the U.S., India, Indonesia, and South Africa strive to protect, monetise, and leverage data collected within their territories for domestic purposes. Since 2017, India has attempted to incubate governance of non-personal data, personal data, e-commerce regulation and artificial intelligence with a preference …

India’s role in digital democracy: UPI in France
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s role in digital democracy: UPI in France

New Indian Express  

The European nation would be the first major developed economy to embrace the UPI-Rupay system. This is a new kind of bridge that is being built between countries – a kind of deeper digital cooperation which is much more fundamental than efforts at digital diplomacy using communication tools like Twitter. This deal in France, therefore, in my mind, underlines India’s …

UPI, CoWIN, ONDC: Public Digital Infrastructure Has Put India on the Fast Lane of Tech-led Growth
2 years, 6 months ago

UPI, CoWIN, ONDC: Public Digital Infrastructure Has Put India on the Fast Lane of Tech-led Growth

News 18  

“Government 2.0, then, is the use of technology – especially the collaborative technologies at the heart of Web 2.0 – to better solve collective problems at a city, state, national, and international level”, Tim O’Reilly, Chief Executive Officer of O’Reilly Media said in a paper published in 2010. This paper is considered the origination of the term “Government as a …

Digital markets must be defined well for competition regulation
2 years, 7 months ago

Digital markets must be defined well for competition regulation

Live Mint  

The rise of the digital sector has presented unique challenges for Indian regulatory authorities, including the Competition Commission of India, thanks to significant differences in the way such markets operate compared to traditional markets. The CCI’s approach so far: Until 2016, while defining a ‘relevant market’ for e-commerce companies and marketplaces, the CCI viewed online and offline segments as different …

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