Month: October 2016

The UID or the Aadhar started as an ID that could separate Indian Citizens in border areas from illegal migrants and serve the national security purpose. Subsequently, it has become a project to provide a control mechanism to reduce pilferage in Government subsidies reaching the target citizens. When the system began the only concern about Privacy …

The proposed  HDPSA (Health Data Privacy and Security Act) which is being worked on by the Health and Family Welfare department of the Union Government is likely to draw a lot from the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) of USA. HIPAA was drafted around 1996 and then modified/upgraded with the HITECH Act (Health …

At a time when there is a raging debate on whether the health status of a leader like Ms Jayalalitha should be made public or held confidential and whether unnecessary secrecy breeds rumours or confidentiality is essential for public peace, Government of India has expressed its intention to bring in a Bill to provide “Privacy …

In developing Privacy Controls it is important to distinguish between “Data Breach” and “Data Disclosure” and adopt appropriate policies for “Data Breach Notification” and “Data Disclosure”. The essential difference between Data Breach and Data Disclosure is that a “Data Breach” represents an unauthorized access to information where as Data Disclosure represents a release of information …