In the newest dispatch of ‘Demystifying regulation with technology’, Shrija Agarwal talks to Supratim Chakraborty and Abhinav Chandan, Partners at Khaitan & Co concerning the Data Protection and rather more.
The scramble for energy over who controls our on-line world has been unanimously awarded to Big Tech, making them extremely worthwhile enterprises which have gained a large foothold regardless of little-to-no privateness rules and fragile legal responsibility legal guidelines. This perverse energy signifies that everyone seems to be struggling to determine tips on how to fight these behemoths.
It looks like there is not any accountability, a much bigger hole in inequality and lack of alternative and it isn’t an issue acquainted solely to India. What’s going to occur in India throughout this info age? We have the Privacy and Data Protection Bill (PDP) that’s being examined, with a number of extensions being granted for the report back to be submitted. however can it hold tempo with this dynamic financial and social actuality we’re dwelling in? Or will the regulation of Big Tech in India simply be advert hoc? Sure, it is nice that on this new wave of digitization, the federal government can be adopting know-how and data-driven governance is turning into an increasing number of outstanding, particularly since COVID-19. But, whereas the adoption of technological capabilities might be lauded, would not this additionally imply there’s unfettered entry to layers and layers of private information of Indian residents that’s largely unchecked?
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