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Fighting Cybercrime: Global UN Convention on the Anvil

Introduction

Member states of the United Nations approved the draft text of the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime (‘Draft Convention’) by consensus, in August 2024, after five years of deliberations. It is the UN’s first consolidated attempt at regulating crimes on the internet. The move has attracted its fair share of controversy, with tech companies and human rights organisations protesting against the lack of safeguards.Continue Reading Fighting Cybercrime: Global UN Convention on the Anvil

“Voluntary Provision” under the DPA: Too Good to be True?

This article examines some pitfalls around the processing of “voluntarily provided” personal data under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPA”), and it is the second of a three-part series. The first, focussing on “employment purposes” can be accessed here.Continue Reading “Voluntary Provision” under the DPA: Too Good to be True?

Need for Syncing Sectoral Regulations with Data Protection Law

Cutting across sectors and borders, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA or Act), a lean, principles-based, horizontal legislation was enacted in August 2023 (yet to come into effect). Given the substantive procedural aspects under the Act being left for delegated legislation, the first set of rules is expected to be released for public consultation within 100 (hundred days) of the end of the ongoing General Elections,[1] if the incumbent government is re-elected.Continue Reading Need for Syncing Sectoral Regulations with Data Protection Law

Comparing Global Privacy Regimes Under GDPR, DPDPA and US Data Protection Laws

Nearly five years after a landmark Supreme Court ruling, which reiterated that information privacy is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution, India finally enacted its Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (the “DPDPA” or “Act”), on August 11, 2023.Continue Reading Comparing Global Privacy Regimes Under GDPR, DPDPA and US Data Protection Laws