The long-awaited data protection law was given presidential assent on Saturday and notified by the government. An ordinary data fiduciary, a significant data fiduciary, a startup which is trying a new product, and let’s say a fiduciary dealing with children’s data --- they will all be treated as separate classes. And when we write the rules, we’ll make it itemised …
Published : Jun 12, 2022 18:00 IST On the 88th episode of his monthly radio programme “Mann Ki Baat” on April 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke glowingly about how small online payments had helped the growth of the digital economy. The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which leaned heavily on the Srikrishna Committee report, was introduced in the Lok …
Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messaging unit filed a lawsuit in the Delhi high court to quash new government rules that require social media intermediaries to trace users’ encrypted messages in a test for right to privacy in India. “The Puttaswamy judgement itself defines some exceptions to the right to privacy, and this is perhaps the first time that these exceptions will …
