Data Privacy

COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON DRAFT INDIA DATA ACCESSIBILITY & USE POLICY 2022 We wish to extend appreciation to the Ministry of Information and Technology (hereafter referred to as “MeitY”) for releasing the Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022 (hereafter referred to as the (�...

In our previous newsletter (Key Compliances Part 1 ) we touched upon aspects such as Consent, Privacy Notice, Purpose Limitation, Data Minimisation, Data Retention and Accountability as prescribed under the proposed Data Protection Bill, 2021 (the “DPB, 2021”). In Part 2 of the Key Compliances u...

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (“JPC”) inDecember, 2021 released the latest version of the Data Protection Bill, 2021 (“DPB, 2021”), refer to our newsletter on the highlights of the latest version of the data protection law in India. (DPB 2021 – JPC Report Highlights). The DPB Bill, 202...

Data privacy for employers has become critical in an age where data privacy laws are becoming stringent. Moreover, all employers are bound to collect and process personal information of their employees for various purposes throughout employment lifecycle. The below table depicts the risks associated...

Data privacy laws across the globe empower individuals to have control over their personal data by providing for certain legal rights that can be enforced against entities that handle personal data (“Privacy Rights”). A ‘privacy request’ is a request sent by an individual to ...

Every organisation has accessto personally identifiable information in its day-to-day activities. Personal information can be defined as any information by virtue of which one can identify or relate an individual (a natural person) such as names, phone numbers, email addresses, financial information...

What is a privacy policy? ▪ A privacy policy, a.k.a a privacy notice, is an external facing document that reflects an organisation’s practices and compliances related to handling of any Personal Data (defined below) that they receive from any individual (electronically) through a websit...

With a rising trend of various nations passing legislations governing the data protection practices and compliances, CISOs and security executives operating in globally operative organisations are left with a challenge of adopting a cross-regulatory compliance strategy in a limited time frame. While...

Introduction India has been contemplating a comprehensive data protection legislation since the past three years, the year 2021 has kicked off on a resounding note with debates on privacy policies1 and contact tracing2 in every household. This paper is a “cheat-sheet” for you to understand the n...

WhatsApp is in the news off late for its proposed privacy policy update. As of July 2019, WhatsApp had 400 million users in India, the omnipresence of WhatsApp is evident from our contact lists, yet if users do not consent to the new terms by February 8, 2021, they would have to stop using the [&hel...