India’s proposed data protection regulator needs strong safeguards
By Malavika Raghavan & Srikara PrasadOn August 30, Paytm Mall allegedly suffered a massive data breach after being targeted of a group of hackers. The allegations were made by Cyble, a US cyber-risk intelligence firm. These were immediately denied by Paytm Mall, which, in turn, threatened to take legal action against Cyble. Meanwhile, customers and vendors have no way of verifying whether a breach occurred, or if their data has been compromised,
Marking-up India’s Personal Data Protection Bill: Encouraging citizen and consumer participation
We are launching an interactive website which presents our “mark – up” of India’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019.
Comments to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 introduced in the Lok Sabha on 11 December 2019
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Our initial comments on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
Comments on the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 introduced in the Lok Sabha on 11 December 2019
Initial Comments of Dvara Research dated 16 January 2020 on the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 introduced in the Lok Sabha on 11 December 2019
In this document, we present our initial comments on the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 (the Bill), introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2019. This continues our engagement with the public consultation process on India’s new data protection regime since 2017.2 We welcome the introduction of the Bill in Parliament as an important development to take forward India’s journey towards an overarching data protection framework.
Building safe consumer data infrastructure in India: Account Aggregators in the financial sector (Part II)
TLF is proud to bring you a two-part guest post authored by Ms. Malavika Raghavan, Head, Future of Finance Initiative and Ms. Anubhutie Singh, Policy Analyst, Future of Finance Initiative at Dvara Research.
Building safe consumer data infrastructure in India: Account Aggregators in the financial sector (Part I)
TLF is proud to bring you a two-part guest post authored by Ms. Malavika Raghavan, Head, Future of Finance Initiative and Ms. Anubhutie Singh, Policy Analyst, Future of Finance Initiative at Dvara Research.
Will The Personal Data Protection Bill Pass The Litmus Test Of Trust?
Our society operates on the basis of trust. We use this trust every day. To build friendships, to buy and sell things, to vote, to claim protection and benefits from the State when they are due.
Insights from the Roundtable on Implementing India’s Personal Data Protection Bill
Roundtable on Implementing India’s Personal Data Protection Bill
Effective Enforcement of a Data Protection Regime
This paper presents ideas for a new approach to enforcement of a data protection regime, based on risk-based supervision and the use of a range of responsive enforcement tools that could be deployed in advance of a breach to prevent it, or after a breach to mitigate the effects.
