Vikram Jeet Singh
Frequently Asked Questions ("FAQs") on Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
Vikram Jeet Singh and Ayan Sharma BTG Legal recently held a brainstorming session with various general counsels. The participants raised...
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Ayan Sharma
Sep 6, 20231 min read
Data Privacy Laws Comparison: Indian DPDP vs. GDPR vs. CCPA
(Ayan Sharma & Arushi Mukherji)
Ayan Sharma
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Remains of the day: Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023
(Ayan Sharma & Prashant Daga) In early August this year India’s decade-long journey towards a data privacy and protection regime came to...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Aug 21, 20236 min read
8 Intended and Unintended Consequences of India’s New Data Privacy Law
Vikram Jeet Singh and Arushi Mukherji The Digital Personal Data Protection (“DPDP”, or the “Act”) Bill, 2023 emerged after the Indian...
Ayan Sharma
Aug 9, 20236 min read
A deep-dive into the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023
India’s decade-long journey towards a data protection law finally has reached its (almost) final step. The Lok Sabha on August 7, 2023,...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Jul 7, 20233 min read
India Data Privacy Update: Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 Progresses
The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (“DPDP Bill”) was released for public consultation on November 18, 2022. Post...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Apr 20, 20234 min read
The ‘ChatGPT Effect’ – Parsing Privacy and AI Regulation in India
The increasingly common use of AI in our daily lives raises multiple concerns, particularly around data privacy and regulatory...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Privacy Week Series: Grounds for processing personal data
Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia and Prashant Daga With great power comes great responsibility. In privacy terms, this can be...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Jan 27, 20232 min read
Privacy Week Series: Status of children's data under the Indian Privacy Regime
(Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Daga) On the 4th day of Privacy Week, we examine the status of children's data under the...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Privacy Week Series: Analyzing cross-border data transfer mechanisms
(Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Daga) This privacy week we will walk you through the different facets of the Indian...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Dec 9, 20225 min read
The More Things Change … Unpacking the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga [This article is the second article in a two-part series on the subject. You may read the first...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Nov 30, 20226 min read
Third Time's the Charm? Unpacking the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga [This article is the first in a two-part series on the subject] Ever since the Indian Supreme Court...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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...
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...
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 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,...
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
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...
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