While discussing privacy and data protection, the biggest question is: is privacy a right or a pre-requisite? Indian policy think tanks, Parliament, and even lawyers have had this dilemma for over five years now. This has ultimately led us to … Read More
Gone are the days when only currency and jewels were considered valuable assets. The 21st century is witnessing growth in the value of data. But are we concerned about the protection of our data? The deliberate answer may be ‘yes’ … Read More
Many offices are now opening or planning to open soon with the increasing coverage of COVID-19 vaccines. To ensure the safety of their workplaces, some employers request their employees to submit a vaccination certificate to record their vaccination status. These … Read More
This is the sixth article in our series covering cyber laws of various countries. While the previous article presented an overview of cyber crime and laws in Russia, this article focuses on Denmark. Denmark is a Nordic country which ranks … Read More
The United Kingdom’s Parliament passed the Data Protection Act in 2016, and it came into effect on the same day as the EU GDPR. The Data Protection Act of 2018 (“the act” or “UK DPA”) is Britain’s implementation of GDPR. … Read More
Information Technology (IT) has transformed how many industries used to function and businesses were run. To this paradigm shift, the judiciary and legal industry are not exceptions. This article is a part of our series on Cyber Security for Lawyers … Read More
Consent plays a key component of any data protection and privacy legislation. It has been very well defined in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Before we discuss further, it is important to note that GDPR is considered … Read More
In recent times, the 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as GDPR) of the European Union has been a document of interest to Indians. The main reason for the same is that the legislative body of India has … Read More
What is Pegasus? Pegasus is a type of spyware created by the NSO Group, a company based out of Israel. Like any other app, WhatsApp too had a loophole in its application which was exploited by the company by using … Read More
Do you have a social media account? The answer to this question is very obvious and having an online presence on multiple social media platforms is a norm these days. Today’s tech-savvy world does believe that social media connects people from different corners … Read More
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has invited public comments on the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018. This post contains recommendations made by us to the Ministry. These recommendations can be downloaded in the form of a PDF file … Read More
We recently attended Securing Cyber Space 2018, a conference jointly organized by Policy Perspectives Foundation (PPF) and CPF on September 07, 2018, at India International Centre, New Delhi. This post presents some interesting insights gathered by us during the conference. A … Read More