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Data Protection & Privacy

The Digital Reckoning: Why the CBSE OSM Portal Vulnerability is a Wake-up Call for Private Universities under the DPDPA

The provided document highlights how a critical security flaw in the CBSE On-Screen Marking (OSM) portal serves as a major warning for large private universities regarding their immediate liabilities under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) 2023. It debunks the misconception that state-aligned educational functions enjoy blanket immunity under Section 17(2), clarifying that the statutory mandate under Section 8(5) to maintain reasonable security safeguards is completely non-negotiable. To avoid catastrophic penalties—such as ₹200 crores for minor data violations or ₹250 crores fo

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Data Protection & Privacy

Moving Compliance from Paper to Production: The Technical Mechanics of Consent Logging Under the DPDPA

Privacy needs to be engineered within your software design: here’s how to log consent and prove it under the DPDPA.Moving Compliance from Paper to Production: Consent Logging & Data Erasure Under the DPDPA

May 2026Continue Reading →
Data Protection & Privacy

From Puttaswamy to the DPDP Act: How Privacy Became a Fundamental Right in India

After decades without specific laws to secure personal data , a landmark 2017 Supreme Court ruling in the Puttaswamy case officially declared privacy a fundamental constitutional right. To turn this victory into a tangible reality, India enacted the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act in 2023 and its operational rules in 2025, successfully creating a clear, citizen-centric system to safeguard everyone's digital information

May 2026Continue Reading →
Data Protection & Privacy

Why Corporate Boards Need Data Auditors

Independent data audits are emerging as the directors' new fiduciary lens — separating statutory compliance from board-level assurance.

29 March 2026Continue Reading →
Sports Governance

Indian Sports — A New Era of Governance and Data Privacy

How DPDPA reshapes athlete-data handling, sponsorship analytics and the federations' contracting playbook.

3 April 2026Continue Reading →
Mediation & Statutory Bodies

Mediation in Statutory Bodies — Reluctance out of Fear

An on-the-ground note on why regulators hesitate to mediate — and the framework that finally moves the needle.

30 March 2026Continue Reading →
Legacy Data

Legacy Data — Goldmine or Landmine?

Old datasets carry compounding risk under DPDPA. We outline retention, minimisation and disposal under the new statute.

30 March 2026Continue Reading →
Cyber Law India

Legal Services in India — A Comprehensive Guide

A practitioner's map of who does what across India's courts, tribunals and regulators — for first-time corporate clients.

29 March 2026Continue Reading →
Data Protection & Privacy

Significant Data Fiduciaries Under DPDPA

Reading the criteria the Central Government is likely to invoke, and what early-mover compliance looks like.

29 March 2026Continue Reading →
Data Protection & Privacy

Indian Businesses as SDFs Under DPDPA

Why a growing list of Indian enterprises are likely to be designated SDFs — and what that means operationally.

29 March 2026Continue Reading →
SGI – IT Rules

SGI & the IT Rules, 2021 — Where We Stand

Significant Government Intermediary obligations: a synthesis of recent litigation, ministry directions and good-faith carve-outs.

28 March 2026Continue Reading →
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DPDPA Reading List
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Trial-tested certificate format for digital evidence.
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30-point checklist before publishing a privacy notice.
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