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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

May 2, 20223 min read

CERT-IN Cybersecurity Directions

The Indian Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) designates the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (“CERT-In”) to serve as the...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Mar 14, 20224 min read

Cryptocurrency in India: State of Play

(Vikram Jeet Singh & Kalindhi Bhatia) Virtual currency ("VC"), like cryptocurrency, is a form of currency that stores data on a digital...

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...

BTG Advaya

Feb 3, 20223 min read

India Budget 2022: Tax on Virtual Digital Assets

By – Sharanya Ranga & Farshad Ali ’Crypto Tax’ has been the buzzword following the unveiling of India’s Union Budget for 2022! While a...

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...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Dec 20, 20212 min read

Indian Data Protection Law – One Step Closer with Parliament Committee’s Report

(Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia) Indian data privacy laws are in the process of being overhauled following the Indian Supreme...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Nov 8, 20212 min read

MEITY issues FAQs on the Intermediary Rules

(Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia) A week ago, on November 01, 2021, the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Sep 29, 20214 min read

The ongoing tussle over online gaming in India

(Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga) Introduction The last decade has seen great leaps in mobile usage and Internet penetration in...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Aug 25, 20213 min read

Bombay High Court stays OTT Code of Ethics under the new IT Rules

Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia In a significant development in the implementation of the Information Technology (Intermediary...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Aug 16, 20213 min read

Indian Court ruling strikes down Tamil Nadu’s blanket ban on online gaming

Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga A new court ruling in India has held that online ‘games of skill’ such as rummy and poker are legal,...

BTG Advaya

Aug 10, 20214 min read

Data localization – protection or protectionism?

By-Ramesh Vaidyanathan & Suyash Sarvankar With effect from July 22, Reserve Bank of India indefinitely barred Mastercard Inc. from...

Vikram Jeet Singh

Jul 14, 20213 min read

DoT - Revised Other Service Provider (OSP) Guidelines

On June 23, 2021, the Indian Telecom Ministry’s Department of Telecommunications (“DoT”) released a revised set of Guidelines for Other...

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