Evolution of the Privacy legal framework in India:India did not have a specific privacy law on personal data protection and the use of personal data has been governed as per the provisions of the Information Technology Act 2000. There are other laws namely Indian Penal Code 1860,...
U.S. Data Privacy Laws Despite numerous proposals over the years, no one comprehensive federal law governs data privacy in the U.S. yet. In the meantime, individual states have acted rather than wait on the federal government. There's a complex patchwork of sector-specific and medium-specific...
privacyelectronic and digital mediaIndiaArticle 21 of the Indian Constitution states: "no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law". The objective of this fundamental right is to prevent encroachment upon personal liberty and deprivation...
Meanwhile -- and this may be fortuitous or deleterious, depending on how you interpret it -- theTelecom Authority of India(TRAI) that keeps tabs on the telecom sector in the country one-upped the Srikrishna committee andpublished its ownset of recommendations on data privacy, heavily favouring...
18.1 How do businesses typically respond to foreign e-discovery requests, or requests for disclosure from foreign law enforcement agencies? India ratified the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague Convention) in 2007. However, no domestic law has be...
India, the other populous Asian nation, also has data privacy regulations, as do commercial hubs Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. These privacy regulations are entwined with electronic discovery restrictions, reflecting the fact that most of the Asian countries are civil-law rather than...
Has India missed the bus when it comes to data privacy? The country’s digital transformation happened much later compared to others, explains Bhasin. “Until tech penetration doesn’t happen on a wider scale, it is difficult for a law to actually shape up with respect to the socia...
Learn about India's Personal Data Protection Bill, a GDPR-like law drafted by Justice BN Srikrishna's committee, and its impact on data privacy in India.
Data privacy laws in India India’s constitution does not expressly recognize the right to personal liberty. However, the judiciary has consolidated the right to life into other current legal provisions, such as freedom of speech under Article 19(1)(a) and the freedom to life and individual ...
Summary While the law might undergo amendment for further improvisation, it is essential to ensure protection of personal data of Indian Citizens in the digitized world by establishing a stronger privacy regime through the forthcoming Personal Data Protection Bill....