The title is painful but harsh reality of Digital India. UPI transactions volume in Dec-23 was Rs 7,030.51 million. As per RBI statistics RTGS/NEFT total Volume (in actual) was 362258139 transactions’ Valued at Rs. 803344 Lakhs with 79838949 active customers using internet banking. On the flip side of this digitalised India, we are also witnessing […]
Why deny Adequacy Status to India?
It’s surprising that India has not been granted adequacy status under GDPR since long and our entire Industry is satisfied that it is due to India not having strong Data Protection Laws in place. An adequacy decision is crucial from business perspective because adequacy status permits cross-border data transfer outside the EU, or onward transfer […]
VIEWS ON DPDPB 22 BY ADV. DR. MAHENDRA LIMAYE
The right to privacy is a fundamental right as pronounced by Supreme Court of India in Puttaswamy Case, way back in year 2017 and urgent need was there to protect personal data as an essential facet of informational privacy and hence Personal data Protection Bill was introduced in parliament in 2018 and its modified version […]
AFTER FIVE YEARS WE ARE AT SQUARE ONE. How much time will it take to enact Privacy Regulations in India?
We all are aware that Right to Privacy is implicit in the right to life and liberty guaranteed to the citizens of this country by Article 21 of Indian Constitution. This fundamental right is one of the most significant rights when almost all of the Indian population is totally enthralled and captivated in cyberspace for […]
HAS INDIAN TWITTER USER DONATED TO AMERICA RELIEF FUND?
HAS INDIAN TWITTER USER DONATED TO AMERICA RELIEF FUND? SURPRISED!!!!!! Read the entire article to know the answer. As per notification issued dated 25 May 2022, Twitter agreed with Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to Pay $150 Million Civil Penalty and to Implement Comprehensive Compliance Program to Resolve Alleged Data Privacy Violations. The […]
GOOD NEWS!!!! AS PER NCRB 2021 STATISTICS, PEOPLE IN DIGITAL INDIA ARE BECOMING DIGITAL LITERATES!
The National crime records bureau of India has recently published the statistics related to various crimes in India. According to this report Cyber-crimes have seen growth of only 6% as compared to growth of @15 % in last year. In 2018 reported Cyber-crimes were 27248, in 2019 the cyber-crimes were 44735 and in 2020 cyber-crimes […]
Is Cert-in JUSTIFYING its Role as a CYBERSPACE Watch-dog??
CERT-In (the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) is a government-mandated information technology (IT) security organization. The purpose of CERT-In is to respond to computer security incidents, report on vulnerabilities and promote effective IT security practices throughout the country. CERT-In was created by the Indian Department of Information Technology in 2004 and functions of cert-in are; […]
FTC PENALISES FACEBOOK AND INDIA IS SILENT!!!!
MAHENDRA LIMAYE ASSOCIATES’S TAKE ON FACEBOOK FTC JUDGEMENT It is one of the biggest penalties inflicted in History of USA or anywhere in world on Social Media Company. Surprisingly it was neither debated nor discussed in India as if India has nothing to do with it. Most of the digital intellectuals as well as legal […]
Vodafone penalized Rs. 12,00,000 for not properly verifying KYC Documents
Hon Adjudicating Officer Maharashtra SVR Srinivas directed Vodafone to pay Rs.12,00,000 towards compensation under section 43A of I T Act to complainant Mr.Nandkishor Gawarkar in an order pronounced on 14/8/2018 in case no.48/2016. Advocate Mahendra Limaye represented the complainant. For complete order read
Vodafone directed to pay Rs.26,70,000 to the complainant
Hon.Adjudicating Officer Maharashtra has held the Respondent 1,2,3 (Vodafone) in Complaint no 39 of 2016,in violation of Section 43A of the IT Act, and ordered them to a compensation of Rupees 26,70,000 (Rupees Twenty Six Lakhs Seventy Thousand only) to the Complainant to cover his loss and legal costs, within a month of order, failing […]