The Reserve Bank of India mandated the deletion of card-on-file data by merchants and PA/PGs. Industry bodies and civil society organisations gave inputs seeking an extension of this deadline in December last year, including The Dialogue and Deepstrat, which published a paper outlining the challenges associated with rushed compliance. The RBI, taking cognisance, gave a […]
Building on our response to the first draft of the Health Data Management Policy in 2021, we have responded to the second round of consultations held in May 2022. In our response, we look at a broader definition of health data management, which includes the standardisation of processes and a larger focus on improving the
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The Dialogue concluded a research programme that evaluates GovTech systems within the country, understands how they work and recommends actionable interventions for enhancing design and service delivery. We looked at these systems to see how privacy safeguards, governance mechanisms, security standards, accessibility and inclusivity are embedded in the system- with the end goal of facilitating
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The Dialogue, in collaboration with DeepStrat, is conducting a series of studies on the proposed National Science, Technology & Innovation Policy 2020. The objective of this white paper is to analyse these provisions in light of their impact on India’s research ecosystem & propose evidence-based recommendations in consonance with the international standards to ensure seamless
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The rise in digital payments and the availability of multiple digital services has seen a proportional rise in financial cyber crimes in India. It has also emerged as one of the most pernicious side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as digital transactions have increased dramatically. The study draws on complaints filed with Haryana’s unique cyber
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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
InDEA 2.0 tries to lay out a framework that enables Governments and private sector enterprises to design IT architectures to deliver holistic and integrated services to customers. But in our response, we flagged some of the privacy, surveillance, discrimination, exclusion, regulatory, competition and data protection concerns with the proposed framework. The InDEA 2.0 proposes interlinking
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It is a good initiative by the government to acknowledge the value of data that government departments collect and to make it accessible for use for the larger ecosystem has the potential to drive economic and social benefits. This will help startups, the research community, and enterprises unlock the value of data. We welcome that
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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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In collaboration with Nishith Desai Associates, the paper on ‘Advancing the Digital Economy: Shaping the E-Commerce Regulatory Landscape’ dives into the key policy & regulatory challenges that affect e-commerce ecosystem. The authors have analysed the regulatory and policy issues in the e-commerce ecosystem, while also highlighting the need to have a targeted approach to regulate
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