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Here, you can find the IAPP’s collection of coverage, analysis and resources related to privacy in India.
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Top 6 operational impacts of India’s DPDPA
This six-part article series serves as a walkthrough of the most important components of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act.
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Examining India’s efforts to balance AI, data privacy
This piece takes a look at efforts in India to balance the benefits of AI with the protection of personal data and privacy.
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5 steps to prepare for India’s DPDPA
This article outlines key steps to take to build proactive DPDPA compliance roadmaps: determine applicability, build data inventories and maps, develop consent mechanisms, enable data principal rights, and implement technical measures.
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Why AI may hit a roadblock under India’s DPDPA
This article looks at the PDPBA from an AI lens, revealing a clear rift between its data protection principles and the full deployment of the power of AI.
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India’s digital lending guidelines attempt to regulate data privacy concerns
This article analyzes how the growth of India’s digital lending industry has created a trade-off between quick access to loans with higher interest rates for creditors and lack of transparency and security to lenders’ financial identity.
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Consumer privacy and the dispatch system in India
COVID-19’s shift to digital has brought a rise to online retail and dispatch systems, which help suppliers direct consumers to the proper resources. This article reviews how dispatch technology’s usage doesn’t stem from the onset of the pandemic.
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Additional News and Resources
Research explores India’s Aadhaar privacy safeguards
Data Security Council of India publishes FAQ on DPDPA
Children’s Privacy Research & Insights Study of Mobile Apps and Websites from India
Privacy Research & Insights Study of Mobile Apps and Websites from India
Top 6 operational impacts of India’s DPDPA – Cross-border data transfers
Top 6 operational impacts of India’s DPDPA – Enforcement and the Data Protection Board
Top 6 operational impacts of India’s DPDPA – Obligations of data processing entities
Top 6 operational impacts of India’s DPDPA – Individual rights
Top 6 operational impacts of India’s DPDPA – Scope, key definitions and lawful data processing
Companies worried India’s DPDPA is too strict
India DPDPA rules, Data Protection Board appointees imminent
India developing parental consent mechanism
Specifics within India’s data protection law take shape
India’s proposed data protection bill introduced to Parliament
State of Data Privacy: Mobile Apps & Websites from India
Industry stakeholders make pitches for India’s proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022: Does it overhaul the former PDPB?
Indian government reiterates intent to table reworked data protection bill
India proposes telecom, online messaging bill
Call to protect customer privacy in India’s new draft data protection bill
CERT-In releases guidance on cyber-incident reporting
The evolution of India’s data privacy regime in 2021
An examination of the DPO requirements in India’s proposed Data Protection Bill
Consent manager framework under India’s Personal Data Protection Bill
Supreme Court of India rules on privacy rights of citizens, journalists, social activists
Handbook on Data Protection and Privacy for Developers of Artificial Intelligence in India
Indian biometric law stirs privacy concerns
Indian farmer database raises privacy concerns
Privacy Updates in China and India: 2 Giants Legislating Data Protection
WhatsApp sues Indian government over IT rules
Installation of facial recognition in Delhi schools raises privacy fears
DPO hiring gains momentum in India
Privacy program management in India — How to get started
Media trials in India: An unwritten carve-out to the right to privacy?
Digital marketing and privacy: Navigating the Indian landscape
India moving forward with centralized health database
How would India’s surveillance regime stack up in a ‘Schrems II’ scenario?
Op-ed: Unanswered questions in India’s proposal to regulate non-personal data
Op-ed: How the ‘Schrems II’ decision effects India
How to update your processes to be compliant with India’s privacy bill
Comparison: Indian Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 vs. GDPR
Privacy advocates question facial-recognition use at Delhi rally
Will complying with India’s privacy law mean violating GDPR?
What you should know about India’s forward-moving privacy bill
Localization conundrums: The Indian context
The Indian Supreme Court’s Aadhaar judgment — A privacy analysis