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Nov 19, 20221 min read

India's draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 released today

(Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Data) In the latest twist in the data privacy saga in India, the Ministry of Electronics...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Nov 8, 20224 min read

How India's new draft telecom law may impact data privacy?

India moved to overhaul its ageing telecommunications laws in late September 2022, by releasing a new draft Telecommunications Bill, 2022...

Kalindhi Bhatia

Oct 13, 20225 min read

NFTs in India – Where do they fit in?

NFTs are tokens that represent ownership of rights in underlying digital content, which is recorded on a blockchain. While...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Aug 17, 20224 min read

India’s Data Privacy Bill Withdrawn: Why did this happen, and what happens next?

Like the flying car or the new ‘Game of Thrones’ novel, India’s new data privacy law had been described as being ‘almost ready’ and ‘a...

Aishwarya Kaushiq

Jul 27, 20226 min read

The ‘actual knowledge’ conundrum – Proposed amendments to Indian Intermediary Safe Harbour Rules

(Aishwarya Kaushiq & Prashant Daga) The Internet as we know it today owes its existence to a rule that was crystallized in the mid-90s,...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Jun 21, 20223 min read

India's New Guidelines against misleading advertisements and online betting advisory

Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia and Prashant Daga The Indian advertising landscape has changed substantively since 2019 when a new...

Kalindhi Bhatia

Jun 14, 20229 min read

EDPB’s Report On Government Data Access – The View From India

(Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Daga) Introduction and Background A lot changed on July 16, 2020, when the Court of Justice of the European...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Jun 10, 20221 min read

Fresh Amendments Proposed to Indian Intermediary Safe Harbor Rules

You will remember that India’s online intermediary safe harbor rules were amended in mid-2021, pursuant to the Information Technology...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Jun 1, 20225 min read

Privacy and children's data - Issues and challenges in 2022

(Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga) Context One of the biggest impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on children, their education,...

Kalindhi Bhatia

Jun 1, 20224 min read

Unresolved Legal Issues around Virtual Digital Assets in India

(Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Daga) The 2008 financial crisis was largely attributed to misconduct by banks, and created a shift in public...

Vikram Jeet Singh

May 31, 20227 min read

Unpacking the New Privacy Regime in India: The When, Who, What, and How?

Vikram Jeet Singh More than 4 years after the Indian Supreme Court declared informational privacy to be a fundamental right, a new draft...

Vikram Jeet Singh

May 4, 20223 min read

New Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Directions

(Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Daga) The Indian Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) designates the Indian...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Feb 22, 20223 min read

Indian court strikes down another state's blanket ban on online gaming

(Vikram Jeet Singh & Prashant Daga) In September, 2021, the Government of Karnataka passed the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Bill, 2021...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Jan 20, 20221 min read

What 2022 holds for the TMC Sector?

(Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia) Calendar year 2021 saw a number of regulatory developments, some expected and some surprising,...

Kalindhi Bhatia

Dec 24, 20215 min read

RBI’s Card Tokenization Mandate – A Bridge Too Far?

(Kalindhi Bhatia) Over the past decade India’s vibrant payment ecosystem has grown by leaps and bounds. The surge of online platforms...

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