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...
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Vikram Jeet Singh
Oct 31, 20222 min read
2022 Intermediary Rules amendment
You will remember that India issued a new set of intermediary safe harbour rules in mid-2021. These rules, inter alia, required certain...
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...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Oct 13, 20224 min read
An Introduction of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), their legal frameworks and Copyright ownership
What are Non-Fungible Tokens (“NFTs”) NFTs in recent times have gained a tremendous amount of attention along with the evolution and fame...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Oct 12, 20223 min read
Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Regulation Ordinance
(Vikram Jeet Singh & Prashant Daga) We bring you the latest chapter in the ongoing struggle around regulating online gaming and ‘Real...
Nayantara Sanyal
Aug 22, 20225 min read
Inventions by Artificial Intelligence: Patentable or Not?
(Nayantara Sanyal and Simran Lobo) As per Section 6 of The Patents Act, an application for a patent can be made by any person claiming to...
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India’s Data Privacy Bill Withdrawn: Why did this happen, and what happens next?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...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Aug 4, 20222 min read
Indian Government withdraws Data Protection Bill
Yesterday the Indian Government officially withdrew the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 (“Bill”) from Parliament. Sometimes...
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, 20226 min read
Cyber attacks in the manufacturing sector
(Vikram Jeet Singh) Background Coming as it did between two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-2020 and early 2021, the 12 October...
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...
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