Data Privacy Newsletter – Business Associate Agreements: What Indian Service Providers Need to Know : June 2025

Business Associate Agreements: What Indian Service Providers Need to Know Executive Summary Indian businesses providing services to U.S. healthcare organizations must comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) deregulations when handling Protected Health Informatio...
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Data Privacy Newsletter – Information Security and Data Privacy: Understanding the Intersection : March 2025

Information Security and Data Privacy: Understanding the Intersection Introduction In the dynamic landscape of India’s digital economy, businesses are increasingly reliant on data whether personal or confidential. Protecting data from unauthorized access and ensuring its responsible use are paramo...
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Data Privacy Newsletter – Navigating Data Privacy Challenges in Customer-Facing Contracts: A Guide for Service Providers : November 2024

Every customer engagement is governed by a contractual agreement that establishes the scope of work, roles and responsibilities, liabilities, and remedies in the event of a breach. Most customer engagements involve some form of personal data handling by a service provider on behalf of its customers....
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Data Privacy Newsletter – FAQs on Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation for Privacy Compliance : September 2024

Anonymisation and pseudonymisation are essential privacy-enhancing measures employed to protect personal data. In the domain of data protection and privacy compliance, the techniques are key and if they are employed correctly it can lead to a drastic reduction in privacy and information security ris...
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Data Privacy Newsletter – Privacy in Recruitment Process: Complying with Indian Data Privacy Laws : August 2024

Recruitment is an essential process in any organization and involves the collection and processing of significant amounts of personal data from candidates. As recruitment practices increasingly go digital, safeguarding this data becomes ever more crucial.  In India, any kind of personal data proces...
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Data Privacy Newsletter – India: Regulatory Reporting Requirements for Cyber Incidents and Data Breaches : July 2024

Cyber Incidents and Data Breaches in India The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (“CERT-In”) according to its annual report for the year 2022 stated that it handled close to 14 lakh cyber incidents that year. Further in 2023, according to private cybersecurity agencies India was ranked in ...
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