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The Dialogue – NASSCOM Policy Brief Series on Data Protection Bill 2021

In the first policy brief as part of the series, we focus on the provisions of inter-sectoral regulation and coordination in the Data Protection Bill 2021. Since technology cuts across multiple sectors, privacy and data protection are both vertical (across sectors) and horizontal (across the size of the business) in nature. This will cause challenges […]

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Building Effective and Harmonised Data Protection Authority: Strategies for Structural Design and Implementation

Currently, in India, regulations pertaining to technology are being made in a disjointed manner under different routes, such as legislation, subordinate rules by the executive, and delegated regulation through sectoral regulators and ministries. This multiplicity in regulations and rules without synergy would cause various problems at the receiving end, like confusion, repetition, over-regulation, compliance burden

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Virtual Stakeholder Consultation on Implementing India’s Data Protection Regime

As part of this effort towards having a nuanced data protection regime for India, we at the Dialogue hosted a consultation on “Implementing India’s Data Protection Regime: taking stock and way forward” on January 28, 2022. We were delighted to have Justice BN Srikrishna (Retd.), Judge, Supreme Court of India and Chairperson of the Expert

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Preliminary Analysis Report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the PDP Bill, 2019

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has submitted its report on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, to both houses of Parliament after a thorough analysis, following its introduction in December 2019. The committee’s commendable efforts involved comprehensive consultations with diverse stakeholders, resulting in a total of Ninety-Three recommendations in their published report, highlighting the meticulous

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IMPACT STUDY: PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL ON THE START-UP ECOSYSTEM

The Dialogue conducted five stakeholder consultations from March to October on the need for progressive data regulation for Indian startups. These consultations involved 57 startups from various sectors, along with legal experts. India has a growing startup ecosystem, with over 25 unicorns, making it the third-largest globally. However, the proposed Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019,

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DATA GOVERNANCE POLICIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON STARTUPS

On August 28, 2020, The Dialogue held a stakeholder consultation to discuss ‘Data Governance Policies and their Impact on Startups’. The consultation was held on Microsoft Teams from 5 PM to 6:30 PM. A range of participants from organizations such as, KartaKonnect, Mapmygenome, Factumlegal, Bluesky Analytics, Swiggy and The Datavist were present at the event.

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STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ON THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL, 2019

The Dialogue organized a stakeholder consultation on The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 in partnership with Priti Suri Associates on March 7th, 2020. The event was held at The Raintree Hotel, St. Mary’s Road Chennai. The discussion at the event was aimed at analysing the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 and voicing the various implementational

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