Allocation of weightages under Naavi’s Data Trust Score Audit System..

Naavi is in the process of developing the Data Trust Score System  which will enable Data Auditors to evaluate the level of compliance of an organization to the required PDPA standards. Naavi is also in the process of developing a “Personal Data Protection Standard of India” (PDPSI-0219) which will incorporate the data protection requirements of a …

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Emergence of PDPSI, Personal Data Protection Standard of India

Personal Data Protection regulation is presently a global phenomenon. While legislation like ITA 2000 try to protect “Data” in general(Section 43/66) with specific provisions for protecting “Personal Data” (Sec 72A) and “Sensitive Personal Data” (Section 43A), legislations like GDPR have focussed on Personal Data Protection only. India is set to follow the trend with its …

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Advertising Industry Beware… Privacy laws will make you irrelevant

The Privacy laws as they are emerging led by GDPR are conspicuous by the huge penalties that may be imposed as “Administrative Fines” even when the data subjects have not suffered measurable financial losses. These laws in general prescribe that personal data of target subjects should be collected only on the basis of an informed …

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Innovation of “Offline Authentication of Aadhaar”

According to the Caravan report about the proposed new Data Protection Act /Privacy Protection Act which the Srikrishna Panel has tabled, a suggestion has been made for amendment of the Aadhaar Act to introduce what is called “Offline Authentication”. A discussion has already ensured in the professional circles, how the “Offline” authentication can be done …

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Data is a Property…concept gets support from TRAI

In the Privacy and Data protection circles, a debate is going on for some time in India. Naavi.org had also suggested this to the Srikrishna Committee during the public consultations. (Refer: “Personal Data Should be Considered as Personal Property”). Subsequently, DISHA 2018 in its draft form has endorsed this view. Now the TRAI Chairman also seems …

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