Building Harmony in Privacy Space
There is a mis-perception prevailing in some sections of IT industry in India that “GDPR is applicable to India” without recognizing that its applicability is subject to certain conditions. This needs to be dispensed with at the earliest. One of the frequent questions asked is if we encounter an EU Citizen in India and its …
Read More Territorial Applicability clarified..for GDPR and UK DPA 2018GDPR has changed the landscape of Cyber Laws by redefining the priorities of Cyber Laws. So far the concern of the society was mostly on “Preventing Damage to a Citizen” through Cyber Crime laws. This was achieved by defining certain actions as “Contraventions” and/or “Offences” and imposing a “Civil Liability to pay compensation” or treat it …
Read More Are Data Protection Laws getting bigger than Cyber Crime laws?GDPR has come into effect since yesterday along with the UK Data Protection Act 2018. Together these legislation are completely changing the IT business landscape in India. Already an Austrian Data Privacy Activist Max Schrems has launched three complaints worth a total of Euro 3.9 billion against Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram through regulators in Austria, …
Read More Taming the Monster of GDPRToday is 25th May 2018. EU is still waking up to this D Day while India is already awake. There is no doubt that today will be considered a historic day in the Data Protection industry since EU GDPR is coming into effect from today. Two years back the regulations were announced and the dead …
Read More Happy GDPR Day to all…Racing against time with the implementation of GDPR, UK authorities have completed the formalities in introducing the new version of Data Protection legislation effective from 25th May 2018 co-terminus with the applicability of EU GDPR. This will continue even after BREXIT. UK-DPA 2018 should be considered as an extension of GDPR and entities to whom …
Read More UK DPA 2018 becomes effective from 25th May 2018GDPR which is coming into full force on 25th May 2018 is aimed at protecting the Privacy interests of EU citizens under the EU constitution. However, the EU Commission believes that it has a role in protecting the privacy of the global community and uses its commercial clout as a collective economic entity to project …
Read More The Role of DPOs under GDPR and the need for Indian Association of Data Protection ProfessionalsThe earlier article on GDPR entry into India being like a Vasco Da Gama discovery of India, has attracted some interesting reactions from some industry professionals. While we may accept that the intention of GDPR is to protect the Privacy of natural persons and therefore there are “Data Subject’s Rights” including “Right to Erasure”, “Right …
Read More Data Processing Association of India is required in India to defend against GDPRWe have many times through these columns urged the Justice Srikrishna Committee which is drafting the new Data Protection law for India to ensure that an “Umbrella Protection” is provided to Indian Companies from being unfairly targeted under EU GDPR by EU Companies and EU data protection regime. As we approach the D-Day, 25th May …
Read More Is GDPR the Vasco Da Gama moment for India?The European Union data protection regulation namely the EU GDPR which has attracted global attention due to the twin provisions of “Applicable to a controller or processor not established in the union” (ed: in some circumstances) and the obnoxiously huge administrative fine set at 4% of global turnover of an undertaking, has naturally caused a stir …
Read More The GDPR Dilemma… who is a Data Controller?One of the questions that is bugging Companies engaged in some kind of marketing to corporate executives is whether a “Work E-Mail”or “Work Phone number” , which is the “Business Contact Information” (BCI) qualifies itself as “Personal Information” (PI) under GDPR. If BCI is PI then companies need to scrap any such information they might …
Read More Is Business Contact Data considered as Personal Data under GDPR?