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
Children account for one-third of the global internet user base. In the eyes of the law, a child’s “consent” has often been insufficient. I am sure you have seen that most of the Indian websites do not consider a user’s … Read More
The Supreme Court recognized privacy as a fundamental right under Article 19, 20(3), 21, and 25 of the Indian Constitution. The 9-judge bench delivered a unanimous judgement in the much-celebrated case of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India. … Read More
We are all familiar with the call recording feature on our smartphones. It is a very convenient way to maintain a record of any or all the conversations and the information shared therein. We live in an era where data … 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
A contact-tracing application, Aarogya Setu (meaning ‘health bridge’), was launched by the Central Government on April 2, 2020, for effectively tracking COVID-19 infected persons and alarming the application users about the same. However, the app has attracted much scepticism from … 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