Building Harmony in Privacy Space
Imagine you have constructed a house and let Mr X live there and use the address for his activities for which you have authorized him to. Does the house belong to you or Mr X? When Mr X’s authorization to use the house ends, can he keep the house to himself? Can he ask you …
Read More The dilemma of interpreting Business Contact Data under GDPRAfter the EU GDPR followed by UK DPA and German DPA, we now have California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 which has been passed to take effect from January 2020. (See the copy of the text here) Under the new law, California consumers will have the right to: — know all the data collected by …
Read More California Privacy Law.. Another hurdle for business to crossThe “Certified Indian Data Protection Professional” introduced by Cyber Law College envisages that professional working in India need to have a an Indian perspective when dealing with Data protection requirements. Presently, Privacy and Data Protection professionals are so focused on international regulations that they forget that there are Indian laws as well which should actually …
Read More Certified Indian Data Protection Professional.. Made for IndiaOne of the confusions that is prevailing in the domain of Privacy and Data protection is whether the two terms “Privacy Protection” and “Data Protection” are same. A time has come to distinguish the two concepts since this confusion should not percolate into the Indian Data Protection legislation as and when the Justice Srikrishna Committee …
Read More ITA 2000/8 remains the supreme Data Protection Law for IndiaThe recent fight between ICANN with the German judiciary on what is the “legitimate interest” in ICANN collecting and making available to public the domain name registration details is an indication of the war that is going on between EU and US for economic supremacy on the global platform. EU wants to snatch away the …
Read More It is now ICANN Vs GDPR and the Winner is…..the Cyber Stone PelterThe difficulties created by GDPR to the global business system has now escalated into a legal battle between ICANN and a German registrar regarding the implications of GDPR. A German Court has recently rejected a suit filed by ICANN against the domain registrar EPGA asking for injunction against stopping of collection of information from the …
Read More GDPR may convert entire Internet into DeepWebThere 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…