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A Compilation of Research on the PDP Bill
— by Pranav M B — last modified Mar 05, 2020 08:04 AMThe most recent step in India’s initiative to create an effective and comprehensive Data Protection regime was the call for comments to the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which closed last month. Leading up to the comments, CIS has published numerous research pieces with the goal of providing a comprehensive overview of how this legislation would place India within the global scheme, and how the local situation has developed, as well as analysing its impacts on citizens’ rights.
Governing ID: Kenya’s Huduma Namba Programme
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 02, 2020 01:19 PMGoverning ID: Use of Digital ID in the Healthcare Sector
— by Shruti Trikanad — last modified Mar 02, 2020 01:21 PMGoverning ID: India’s Unique Identity Programme
— by Vrinda Bhandari — last modified Mar 02, 2020 11:38 AMGoverning ID: Use of Digital ID for Verification
— by Shruti Trikanad — last modified Mar 02, 2020 11:16 AMGoverning ID: A Framework for Evaluation of Digital Identity
— by Vrinda Bhandari, Shruti Trikanad, and Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 02, 2020 01:22 PMGoverning ID: Introducing our Evaluation Framework
— by Shruti Trikanad — last modified Mar 02, 2020 08:03 AMDivergence between the General Data Protection Regulation and the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
— by Pallavi Bedi — last modified Feb 21, 2020 11:08 AMContent takedown and users' rights
— by Torsha Sarkar, Gurshabad Grover — last modified Feb 17, 2020 05:18 AMAfter Shreya Singhal v Union of India, commentators have continued to question the constitutionality of the content takedown regime under Section 69A of the IT Act (and the Blocking Rules issued under it). There has also been considerable debate around how the judgement has changed this regime: specifically about (i) whether originators of content are entitled to a hearing, (ii) whether Rule 16 of the Blocking Rules, which mandates confidentiality of content takedown requests received by intermediaries from the Government, continues to be operative, and (iii) the effect of Rule 16 on the rights of the originator and the public to challenge executive action. In this opinion piece, we attempt to answer some of these questions.
Comments to the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019
— by Amber Sinha, Elonnai Hickok, Pallavi Bedi, Shweta Mohandas, Tanaya Rajwade — last modified Feb 21, 2020 10:13 AMThe Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019.
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