Month: December 2017

Compliance by Design needs to be mandated by Data Protection Act

[P.S: This is in continuation of the discussion of the proposed Data Protection Act in India and the public comments invited for the  Justice Srikrishna report.] “Privacy by Design” is a concept which GDPR expects from Data Controllers and Data Processors.  The concept of Privacy by design basically means that measures for Privacy protection should be initiated …

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The Right to Forget ..should it be part of Indian Privacy Protection Act?

[P.S: This is in continuation of the discussion of the proposed Data Protection Act in India and the public comments invited for the  Justice Srikrishna report.] The EU law on Privacy under GDPR recognizes the “Right to Forget” which essentially means that the data subject can demand that his personal information should be erased from the …

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Data Protection Act should recognize the role of a Data Manager in addition to the Data Controller and Processor

[P.S: This is in continuation of the discussion of the proposed Data Protection Act in India and the public comments invited for the  Justice Srikrishna report.] Many of the issues connected with Privacy arise out of the complaint that “information collected by a Data Controller” is processed in such a manner that the data subject feels …

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Data Protection Law should provide a Jurisdictional umbrella

[P.S: This is in continuation of the discussion of the proposed Data Protection Act in India and the public comments invited for the  Justice Srikrishna report.] The Justice Srikrishna Committee (SKC) has propounded 7 key principles of the Data Protection Act and proceeded to provide several questions in its report seeking public comments. The Seven key …

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