Tag: Personal Data Protection Bill
How Long Is Too Long? India’s Proposal to Retain Health Data...
In November 2021, the National Health Authority (NHA), the nodal agency concerned with rolling out the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) programme, released a...
Who Needs Consent Anyway? The JPC’s Suggestions Worryingly Expand the Scope...
With the Parliamentary Committee's draft Data Protection Bill (DPB), not only can individuals' data be used without their consent (non-consensual), but data that the...
Data Cheque Point: How Paying People For Data Remains A Fever...
Compensation for users based on their data points becomes an unnecessary hurdle to cross — mainly because the limitations of such a model would reap more costs than guaranteed benefits.
How the Economic Costs of Surveillance Impact India Inc.
With India yet to pass a citizen-centric data protection law, could this cost our trade ties with privacy-centric economies?
The Murky Waters of Kerala’s Knowledge Economy Mission
For employment platforms like the Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission to cater to Kerala’s unemployed, they require nuanced engagement at the design stage.
Protecting Our Children on Social Media: The Personal Data Protection Bill...
India’s legal approach to protecting children’s data online could have impact children’s privacy and security, and progressive data legislation as well.
Making a Case for a ‘Goldilocks’ Regulation of the Ed-Tech Sector
As per a 2020 report by the Omidyar Network, the K-12 ed-tech-addressable market in India is projected to be worth $1.7 billion (USD) by...
From Moodle to Canvas: Red Flags in India’s Learning Management Systems
In a recent incident at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), students complained of harassment by proctors after their exams were conducted online...
To What Extent Does India’s Surveillance Regime Affect Citizen’s Privacy?
Attacks like 9/11 and 26/11 shock the conscience of our societies and states—it is in the background of such attacks, that governments tend to...
Four Predictions for India’s National Cyber Security Strategy 2020
Harvard’s ‘National Cyber Power Index 2020’ assesses the capabilities and intent of 30 countries expressing ambitions to acquire and project ‘cyber power’. India was...
