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A Soft Tone with a Tiger Claw

Vol. 58, Issue No. 6, 11 Feb, 2023
P Arun

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 is contrary to the expectation that numerous versions should translate to a robust draft. Although it prescribes some core data protection principles in the explanatory note, it falls short of incorporating them in the draft bill. This bill can be best characterised as adopting a soft tone for businesses and granting the tiger claw to the state.

Unearthing Technology-facilitated Crimes

Vol. 58, Issue No. 5, 04 Feb, 2023
Kartikey Singh

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The Urgent Need for Actionable and Comprehensive Data Protection Legislation in India

Vol. 57, Issue No. 53, 31 Dec, 2022
Deepika Saluja, Krati Shrivastava, Anil Jacob, Oommen John

A rapid shift towards the digital modes of service delivery has highlighted the urgency to protect the privacy and security of the citizens’ data. Through a critical examination of India’s fragmented state of data protection legislation, we advocate for centralising the citizens’ rights in all policies and legislations.

An Assessment of the JPC Report on PDP Bill, 2019

Vol. 57, Issue No. 31, 30 Jul, 2022
This article assesses various changes to the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 proposed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee in the Data Protection Bill, 2021. The article points to the possible shortcomings of the JPC proposal and makes suggestions to strengthen the Data Protection Bill, 2021.

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Social Media: Heralding a New World Order

In the present times, we see that though social media gives us hope to reform traditional political discourse, yet at many levels, it merely replicates it. Social media thus is becoming this peculiar tool that marks the inimical symptoms of our times.

Reconciling Blockchain and Data Protection Regimes

Vol. 56, Issue No. 40, 02 Oct, 2021
Ashit Kumar Srivastava, Deval Garg

The emergence and spread of blockchain technology will have a profound effect on the working of the economy and society. The focus of this article is on how the spread of the blockchain technology has rendered redundant the various provisions of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019.

 

Privacy and Manipulation: How Social Media Has Affected Political Discourse

As our interactions with social media and messaging apps become more and more pervasive, does our data remain private or can it be used by algorithms to tailor and manipulate our online experience?

Designing for Democracy: Does the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 Champion Citizen Rights?

Vol. 55, Issue No. 21, 23 May, 2020
Though the Personal Data Protection Bill has been hailed as a success for citizen rights, an in-depth analysis of the same reveals evidence to the contrary.

The Politics of India’s Data Protection Ecosystem

Vol. 54, Issue No. 49, 14 Dec, 2019
Through a string of publicly available submissions, press statements, and other media reports, the article tracks the political evolution of the data protection ecosystem in India, and how this has, and will continue to impact legislative and policy developments.

What Enables the State to Disregard the Right to Privacy?

Does the nebulous state of data protection laws in India benefit the government?
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