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Non-personal data governance framework – Indian proposal – Part II

August 2020
In the earlier post Part I, we delved into some of the recommendations made by the Committee of Experts on Non-Personal Data (NPD Committee)[1] in its report of July 12, 2020 (Report)[2]. We discussed...
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Non-personal data governance framework – Indian proposal – Part I

August 2020
In September 2019, the Government constituted the Committee of Experts to study various issues relating to Non-Personal Data (NPD), and make recommendations for its regulation (NPD Committee)[1]. NPD Committee released...
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Contact tracing for COVID-19: A global snapshot of utility-privacy trade-off

May 2020
There is global consensus that COVID-19 transmission chain can be interjected with containment measures. Containment efforts require rapid identification and quarantine of potential carriers or “contacts” who may have contacted...
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Coronavirus goes phishing

April 2020
COVID-19 has brought the world to a stand-still. It is rightly being called “infodemic” due to the efflux of related (mis)information on the internet. Since January 2020, 16,000 coronavirus-related domains...
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COVID-19 : Privacy on the second rung?

March 2020
COVID-19 has de-globalized the world and yet, ushered a new global citizenship, where the order is simple – solidarity in isolation. In battling the highly contagious pandemic, governments are focused...
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Regulating non-personal data: Indian case

March 2020
Non-personal data broadly refers to data that standalone or in combination with other data does not directly or indirectly result in identification of a natural person (NPD). These data sets...
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Cross-border data transfer – India’s attempt at data localization

February 2020
Regulating flow of data across national borders is increasingly viewed as an essential mechanism for implementing national data protection and privacy laws extraterritorially. Most jurisdictions impose conditions on when and...
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Rights of data principal

January 2020
Empowering data principal to exercise certain rights vis-à-vis their personal data is a fundamental element for creation of a robust data protection framework. Exercise of data principal rights is aimed...
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Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 versus 2018 – Part 2

December 2019
In Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 versus 2018 – Part 1, we delved into the changes in concept of personal data, purpose limitation, retention period and notice requirements. In this post,...
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Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 versus 2018 – Part 1

December 2019
The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Parliament on December 11, 2019 and has been referred to a joint select committee for further review. The committee is...
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