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Suruchi Kotoky
Dec 23, 20223 min read
Regulatory State of Play IoT Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications
Suruchi Kotoky India has one of the world’s most vibrant telecom markets, with more than 1170.45 million telecom subscribers, poised to...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Dec 9, 20225 min read
The More Things Change … Unpacking the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga [This article is the second article in a two-part series on the subject. You may read the first...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Nov 30, 20226 min read
Third Time's the Charm? Unpacking the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga [This article is the first in a two-part series on the subject] Ever since the Indian Supreme Court...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Nov 24, 20225 min read
‘Lessons Learned’ in Data Regulation: A first look at India’s new Data Privacy Bill
Vikram Jeet Singh Last week India released a new draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (“2022 Bill”). The 2022 Bill follows a...
Vikram Jeet Singh
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India’s Data Privacy Bill Withdrawn: Why did this happen, and what happens next?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...
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