The Act to Modernize Legislative Provisions respecting the Protection of Personal Information (“Bill 64“) received royal assent, within a day after its adoption by the Quebec National Assembly. The passage of this Bill so quickly was preceeded by a legislative process, which was year and a half long after the bill was first introduced by Sonial Lebel, […]
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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 […]
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Introduction The right to privacy and government surveillance for security are contradictory. The seed of right to privacy as a constitutional right vis a vis surveillance by the government was planted by the minority judgement given by Justice Subba Rao in the Kharak Singh case, wherein it was stated that privacy was within the purview of Article 21 […]
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Privacy is not at all a new concept and goes way back, the first recognised instance is the semayne case in 1604 which stated That the house of everyone is to him as his castle and fortress. Then it was in the year 1890 when Justice Louis Brandeis and a Boston based Attorney Mr. Samuel […]
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The swelling mode of data privacy violations continues to climb uphill, and as a result, there has never been a more unsafe time in history to share personal data with businesses and corporations, as necessary as that may be. Substantial fines evaluated for data breaches in the recent times point towards the increasing concern of […]
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India, with its population of over 1.3 Billion, is a rising digital market. Companies have been investing in India to tap the potential of a broad consumer base. A wide consumer base means more expansive access to data and consumer information. The consumer information includes personal and non-personal data. Personal data is involved, and data […]
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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 […]
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a state-wide data privacy law that regulates how businesses all over the world are allowed to handle the personal information (PI) of California residents. The effective date of the CCPA is January 1, 2020. It is the first law of its kind in the United States. Who does […]
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