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...
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), was enacted in August 2023; however, the Rules under this Act have yet to be notified. As such, until the Rules and the Data Protection Board are notified under this Act, we will continue to adhere to the existing legislation in...
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was tabled in 2022, and was finalized asIndia’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act)when it received approval from both houses of Parliament and the assent of the President in August 2023. The law came into effect August 11, 2023 a...
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) of 2023, commonly referred to as the DPDP Act is the data privacy legislation of India. The law is a meticulous blend of recognition of the rights of individuals and the need for processing of data. Ever since the famous Puttaswamy judgment...
By prioritizing privacy and security, the DPDP Act strives to create a robust framework that addresses the challenges posed by data handling in the digital age. Key provisions of the DPDP Act, 2023 are as follows: Definitions:Although many concepts in the DPDP Act closely resemble thos...
Singapore Privacy India's omnibus data protection legislation, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("India's DPDPA"), was passed and gazetted in August 2023. Notably, it shares several common concepts with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act 2012 ("Singapore's PDPA")...
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collection & dissemination of personal data. Of course, one can drag them to the Court(s) of law but,sansany legal or regulatory framework in place, things might get out of hand. Hence, it is desirable to implement the Bill at the earliest in order to safeguard our privacy we so badly...
"India has no national data privacy law, and it's not clear who has access to data from the app and in what situations," researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) havesaid in a review. The team at MIT ranks variousCOVID tracing trackerapps around the ...