In India the absence of a legal framework for data protection was a major concern for many years. Due to pressing demands and the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment in
Justice K.S Puttaswamy v. Union of India, in which the court held that right to privacy is a fundamental right, a draft legislation on data protection was submitted by a committee of experts.
Headed by
former Supreme Court judge B.N. Srikrishna, the committee of experts submitted a 176-page report, titled “
A Free and Fair Digital Economy: Protecting Privacy, Empowering Indians”, and a 62-page draft Bill, titled
The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018. The draft Bill will become law after public comments are noted and Parliament clears it. Renowned
Cyber Lawyer Neeraj Aarora has in detail explained the whole Bill:-
Shopify confirms Data Breach, states two rogue employees have stolen at least 100 merchants’ customer data
Business
Sep 27, 2020
Richa Shah
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Shopify- the Ottawa based Canadian multinational e-commerce giant informed the company’s privacy commissioner about the recent data breach and also added that the breach was carried out by two "rogue" employees.While confirming the data breach, Shopify informed that two rogue employees which were a part of the Company’s customer support team stole at least 100 merchants’ customer data. Since the breach did not occur due to any technical glitch, the data of most merchants was safe.The...
Draft on Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture Released: NITI Aayog Seeks Suggestions
Executive
Sep 08, 2020
VANDANA KOTHARI
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Editor: Ekta Joshi
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NITI Aayog has released a framework on Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA) which it calls a “consent-based data-sharing framework to accelerate financial inclusion”. The apparent aim of this framework is to allow people to access their data and securely share it with third party institutions.The Aayog has sought feedback from stakeholders by October 1st. At the core of the proposed architecture is the institution of a consent management system which will allow the sharing of...
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