Vikram Jeet Singh
India's draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 released today
(Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Data) In the latest twist in the data privacy saga in India, the Ministry of Electronics...
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Vikram Jeet Singh
Nov 8, 20224 min read
How India's new draft telecom law may impact data privacy?
India moved to overhaul its ageing telecommunications laws in late September 2022, by releasing a new draft Telecommunications Bill, 2022...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Oct 13, 20225 min read
NFTs in India – Where do they fit in?
NFTs are tokens that represent ownership of rights in underlying digital content, which is recorded on a blockchain. While...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Aug 17, 20224 min read
India’s Data Privacy Bill Withdrawn: Why did this happen, and what happens next?
Like the flying car or the new ‘Game of Thrones’ novel, India’s new data privacy law had been described as being ‘almost ready’ and ‘a...
Aishwarya Kaushiq
Jul 27, 20226 min read
The ‘actual knowledge’ conundrum – Proposed amendments to Indian Intermediary Safe Harbour Rules
(Aishwarya Kaushiq & Prashant Daga) The Internet as we know it today owes its existence to a rule that was crystallized in the mid-90s,...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Jun 21, 20223 min read
India's New Guidelines against misleading advertisements and online betting advisory
Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia and Prashant Daga The Indian advertising landscape has changed substantively since 2019 when a new...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Jun 14, 20229 min read
EDPB’s Report On Government Data Access – The View From India
(Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Daga) Introduction and Background A lot changed on July 16, 2020, when the Court of Justice of the European...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Jun 10, 20221 min read
Fresh Amendments Proposed to Indian Intermediary Safe Harbor Rules
You will remember that India’s online intermediary safe harbor rules were amended in mid-2021, pursuant to the Information Technology...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Jun 1, 20225 min read
Privacy and children's data - Issues and challenges in 2022
(Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga) Context One of the biggest impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on children, their education,...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Jun 1, 20224 min read
Unresolved Legal Issues around Virtual Digital Assets in India
(Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Daga) The 2008 financial crisis was largely attributed to misconduct by banks, and created a shift in public...
Vikram Jeet Singh
May 31, 20227 min read
Unpacking the New Privacy Regime in India: The When, Who, What, and How?
Vikram Jeet Singh More than 4 years after the Indian Supreme Court declared informational privacy to be a fundamental right, a new draft...
Vikram Jeet Singh
May 4, 20223 min read
New Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Directions
(Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Daga) The Indian Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) designates the Indian...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Feb 22, 20223 min read
Indian court strikes down another state's blanket ban on online gaming
(Vikram Jeet Singh & Prashant Daga) In September, 2021, the Government of Karnataka passed the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Bill, 2021...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Jan 20, 20221 min read
What 2022 holds for the TMC Sector?
(Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia) Calendar year 2021 saw a number of regulatory developments, some expected and some surprising,...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Dec 24, 20215 min read
RBI’s Card Tokenization Mandate – A Bridge Too Far?
(Kalindhi Bhatia) Over the past decade India’s vibrant payment ecosystem has grown by leaps and bounds. The surge of online platforms...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Dec 20, 20212 min read
Indian Data Protection Law – One Step Closer with Parliament Committee’s Report
(Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia) Indian data privacy laws are in the process of being overhauled following the Indian Supreme...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Nov 8, 20212 min read
MEITY issues FAQs on the Intermediary Rules
(Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia) A week ago, on November 01, 2021, the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Aug 25, 20213 min read
Bombay High Court stays OTT Code of Ethics under the new IT Rules
Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia In a significant development in the implementation of the Information Technology (Intermediary...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Aug 16, 20213 min read
Indian Court ruling strikes down Tamil Nadu’s blanket ban on online gaming
Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga A new court ruling in India has held that online ‘games of skill’ such as rummy and poker are legal,...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Jul 14, 20213 min read
DoT - Revised Other Service Provider (OSP) Guidelines
On June 23, 2021, the Indian Telecom Ministry’s Department of Telecommunications (“DoT”) released a revised set of Guidelines for Other...
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