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Analysing the Impact of IT Rules 2021 on India’s Platform Regulation Ecosystem
Section 79 of the Information Technology Act shields intermediaries from liability against content posted by third parties, provided the intermediary complies with certain conditions laid out in the provision and rules notified thereunder. After the subsequent Intermediary Liability Guidelines of 2011 which nurtured an open and progressive internet ecosystem and based on the comments received
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Encryption and Platform Regulation Debate in India and Result Announcement: National Essay Writing Competition on Law and Technology
A Virtual Conference on ‘Encryption & Platform Regulation Debate in India’ co-hosted by The Dialogue and the Law & Technology Society of National Law School of India, Bangalore was held on April 4. The event was graced by Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court; Dr Menaka Guruswamy, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
Multi-Stakeholder Covid-19 Management, Gurugram, Haryana
The second Covid-19 wave hit India with vengeance adversely impacting the healthcare system with people scrambling for basic necessities like oxygen, hospital bed, medicines and even doctor consultations. The government administration was also trying to implement a slew of measures such as identifying containment zones, stricter measures to limit public movement, figuring out demand and
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Technically Speaking, Why is Encryption a Big Deal for the Government?
Encryption has been the talk of the tech world for the better part of 5 years now. While everyone agrees that encryption plays and will continue to play a significant role in our lives, decision-makers are clearly divided about the extent of encryption; should encryption be absolute? Or should governments be able to bypass encryption?
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Virtual Stakeholder Consultation on Future of India’s Data Governance Policies
The revised draft of the NPD Governance Framework, which aims to create processes for sharing non personal data for larger social and economic benefit, is a step in the right direction. The draft has taken inputs from over 1500 submissions on the earlier report, and has directly engaged with some of the key concerns. In
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Virtual Stakeholder Consultation on Foreign Trade Policy and E-Commerce
The discussion at the event revolved around India’s upcoming foreign trade policy for 2021-26, with a focus on the role of e-commerce exports in boosting MSME’s and the economy at large. The discourse allowed for diverse views to be presented, with the role various stakeholders can play in regulating this sector in a positive manner
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Virtual Stakeholder Consultation on Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways (PAPG) guidelines and its impact on digitisation
The Dialogue conducted a webinar on ‘The Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways (PAPG) guidelines’ on March 30, 2021, to spur discussion and progressive discourse around the issues surrounding the PAPG guidelines put forward by the RBI, and evaluate the optimal policy measures that can be put in place to address these challenges in the Indian
The Privacy Landscape in India
Privacy forms an intrinsic part of our everyday life. So much so – that the Supreme Court declared it to be a Fundamental Right under the Indian Constitution. The Government too is working to legislate a Data Protection Law to better protect our privacy. As we transact on digital platforms it is the encryption technology
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