By Analysis Desk Since the Supreme Court’s landmark 2017 Puttaswamy judgment declared privacy a fundamental right, the Indian government has been under an implicit mandate to construct a robust, comprehensive framework for data protection. Yet, years later, the absence of enforceable regulation has turned the digital landscape into a precarious environment where data breaches, unauthorized […]
DPDP Bill 2022: A Balance of opportunities and data protection objectives
By Rahul Sharma The Supreme Court’s 2017 Puttaswamy judgment recommended the prompt enactment of a robust Data Protection (DP) law to the government. Every passing day without enforceable DP regulation and non-intervention by government and regulators catalyses data loot, unaccounted data breaches and processing abuse which normalizes harm. Recently introduced Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) […]