25 November 2023 Data Protection – If its public, its not personal #3 Section 3 of Digital Personal Data Protection Act excludes from its scope any personal data in public domain. This post points out that this undermines privacy. Categories Data Protection/Technology Law
14 September 2023 Data Protection – DPDPA casts a wide net #2 In this second post in the series of India’s data protection legislation, I examine the territorial scope of the act. Categories Data Protection/Technology Law
3 May 2023 Punjab and Haryana High Court imagining that there’s no countries? In 1971, John Lennon famously asked us to imagine there’s no countries. While philosophically this is a worthwhile endeavor, it is important that Courts in India remember that their jurisdiction does not extend beyond India’s borders. The Punjab and Haryana High Court did not do so in its order dated 20.02.2023 in Court on its Own Motion v. Union of... Categories Technology Law