The southern region of Asia includes India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Maldives. The association between these nations is the South Asian Area of Regional Co-operation (SAARC). The growth of data protection laws in these countries has been significant since 2013. Even though the laws in these countries are based on […]
Continue ReadingGDPR: Impact since 2018
Understanding GDPR- why was it enacted?The GDPR is considered to be a comprehensive set of rules and compliance requirements for use of information that belongs to citizens of European Union (EU). It was enacted after the Cambridge Analytica scandal involving Facebook. The provisions of the regulation are broadly framed to include processing of Personally Identifiable […]
Continue ReadingThis Month in Data Privacy (December 2020)
Top news in the world of data privacy, this month, that you do not want to miss. December 18 Facebook temporarily suspends Instagram, Messenger features for EU usersFacebook plans to temporarily suspend features in both Instagram and its Messenger application for European users to comply with changes in the ePrivacy Directive, which will cover so-called […]
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Technology seems to have its inspiration in fiction. A few decades back, many of the devices we saw as science fiction are now part of our daily life. Now you can direct Google Assistant or Alexa Echo to turn on or off the light or AC as you are living the world of the Internet […]
Continue ReadingConfidentiality and data privacy protection
The moment you wish to pursue a serious business relationship you are requested to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement more commonly known as an ‘NDA’. It is also known as a confidentiality agreement (CA), confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement (SA). In fact, it is one of the most common pieces of […]
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