Month: September 2016

Privacy and the Media: Do we need a Sector Specific Law?

Media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy and “Free Press” is considered the hallmark of a mature democratic society. The same society also holds “Privacy Right” in high esteem. But often the “Privacy Right” of individuals clash with the “Freedom of the Press” to disseminate information. Just as the Privacy Vs Security debate is important, Privacy …

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Mitigation of the “Privacy Regulation Proliferation Risk”

The multiplicity of frameworks trying to compete with each other on how “Privacy” of an individual has to be protected has created a web of confusion in the Corporate circles since all managements ultimately have limited resources and has to balance their compliance activities in the form of audits, generation of reports etc with their …

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