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Privacy policy update on hold: WhatsApp tells HC Privacy policy update on hold: WhatsApp tells HC Updated: Jul 10, 2021, 09:04 IST NEWDELHI WhatsApp on Friday accepted that ‘the government is the administrator’ in its case and informed the Delhi High Court that it will put its privacy policy update “on hold” until the Data Protection Bill came into force. This is a significant development after the new Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw made it crystal clear within minutes of taking charge that “law of the land is supreme” and no one can afford to disrespect it. Wh...

By Sangeeta Patnaik India is making rapid strides towards ushering in a new data protection regime. The Draft Personal Data Protection Bill that is under review and is being deliberated by the Joint Parliamentary Committee is expected to sweep through the economy with major revamps to the statutory and regulatory landscape. The current Draft Bill has proposed the establishment of a data regulator — the “Data Protection Authority of India (DPA)” — which will be entrusted with the “duty to protect the interests of the data principals, prevent any misuse of personal data, ensure compli...

Due Diligence by Intermediaries The Rules lay down that an intermediary, including a social media intermediary and significant social media intermediary, are required to observe certain due diligence while discharging its duties. The Rules stress that an intermediary that fails to observe any such due diligence cannot claim protection under the safe harbour provision ( sub-section (1) of section 79 of the IT Act) and is liable for punishment under any law including the provisions of the IT Act and the Indian Penal Code. The due diligence required to be observed by an intermediary amongst othe...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The internet of things (IoT) is a set-up of interconnected objects, people or systems that process and react to physical and virtual information. It achieves outcomes that aim to improve user experience or the performance of devices and systems. The expression IoT is increasingly being used to define objects that talk to each other. Consider the following scenario: An alarm-clock transmits one's wake-up time to the coffee-maker which in turn collects the information to perform the activity ...

February 1, 2021 For the third consecutive year, following the publication of Gibson Dunn’s ninth annual U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review on Data Privacy Day, we offer this separate International Outlook and Review. Like many recent years, 2020 saw significant developments in the evolution of the data protection and cybersecurity landscape in the European Union (“ EU”): CJEU” or “ Court”) struck down as legally invalid the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, on which some companies relied to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S.  While companies are turning to ...