[This post has been authored by Prajakta Pradhan, a 1st year student at Dr. Ram Manhar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow.] Facial recognition involves the use of face mapping techniques to identify an individual’s facial features and compares it with available databanks. The facial recognition market is expected to grow to $7.7 billion in…
Category: Personal Data Protection Bill
Standardizing the Data Economy
This piece has been authored by Namratha Murugeshan, a final year student at NALSAR University of Law and member of the Tech Law Forum. In 2006, Clive Humby, a British mathematician said with incredible foresight that “data is the new oil”. Fast forward to 2019, we see how data has singularly been responsible for big-tech…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 3
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our editors put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Uber likely to start bus service in India The San-Francisco cab-aggregator giant, Uber is working on to kick-start an AC bus service in India. With the introduction of AC bus service, Uber…
Conundrum of Right to Be Forgotten: An Analysis of The Slippery Slope: To Forgive, Forget or Re-Write History
[Ed Note : In a slightly longer read, Pranay Bhattacharya, a second year student of Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Aurangabad talks about the origins and development of the “Right to be Forgotten,”, using this as a background to critically analyze this right as present in India’s Draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2018.] “Blessed are the…
Bare Text Comparison of the Personal Data Protection Bill 2018 with the General Data Protection Rules : Part II – Right to Confirmation and Access
INTRODUCTION TO SERIES The Personal Data Protection Bill has garnered a fair degree of attention in the last few weeks. For the uninitiated, a brief description of the Bill and its significance can be found here. The purpose of this series is to analyze the bare text of the Data Principal Rights espoused in the…
Bare Text Comparison of the Personal Data Protection Bill 2018 with the General Data Protection Rules : Part I – Right to Data Portability
INTRODUCTION TO SERIES The Personal Data Protection Bill has garnered a fair degree of attention in the last few weeks. For the uninitiated, a brief description of the Bill and its significance can be found here. The purpose of this series is to analyze the bare text of the Data Principal Rights espoused in the…