[Vishal Patidar and Mohit Jain are fourth-year students at the National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal. In this piece, the authors interrogate the procedural friction introduced by the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, specifically regarding the storage limitation mandate. The piece argues that Rule 8(3) fundamentally undermines the protections of Section 8(7) of…
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A Hobson’s Choice- Analysing the Sahyog Platform
[Priyam Mitra is a third-year student at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru. In this piece, the author interrogates the constitutional validity of the Sahyog Platform and the 2025 Rules, arguing that the recent judicial endorsement in X Corp v. UOI fails to account for the bypass of Section 69A safeguards. By…
India’s Synthetic Media Rules: How India’s Deepfake Rules Turn Platforms into Speech Police
[Rahul P. is a graduate research fellow at the JSW Centre for the Future of Law at NLSIU Bengaluru. In this piece, the author interrogates the escalating tension between the regulation of “Synthetically Generated Information” (SGI) and the maintenance of platform neutrality, specifically through the lens of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media…
Age Verification and Privacy on OTT Platforms: A Token Based Approach
[Tanav Kansal is an advocate practicing before the courts in Delhi NCR. In this piece, the author interrogates the escalating tension between child safety mandates and data minimization principles, specifically through the lens of recent controversies surrounding age-inappropriate content on platforms like “India’s Got Latent.” By synthesizing the August 2025 Parliamentary Standing Committee Report with…
Who Made YouTube the Judge? Evaluating How YouTube’s Three-Strike Policy Violates Indian Copyright Law
[Yukta Chordia is a final-year student at National Law University, Nagpur. In this piece, the author interrogates the quasi-judicial role assumed by digital platforms through automated enforcement. While YouTube’s “Three-Strike” policy is framed as a shield for intellectual property, the author argues it has evolved into a mechanism for private censorship that bypasses statutory safeguards.]…
Personality Rights over Privacy? An Empirical Study of Gendered Access to Deepfake Takedown Litigation in India
[Ritwik Sharma is a fourth-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab. In this analysis, the author aims to address the escalating crisis of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII) generated through AI-driven “nudifying” platforms. Supported by empirical data and visual mapping, the piece argues that current judicial responses, which…
Data as an Essential Facility: Competition and Privacy in India’s Digital Markets
[Nandinii Tandon is a fourth-year, and Mehul Sharma is a third-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) students, respectively, at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab. In this article, the authors examine the conceptual friction between data monopolisation and consumer privacy in India’s rapidly evolving digital economy. By leveraging a sophisticated comparative analysis of foreign jurisprudence,…
The Thermodynamics of Data Privacy: A Critical Analysis of the Environmental Cost of Data Erasure in the Era of AI
[Sreaans Shukla is a second-semester B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata. In this piece, the author explores the overlooked physical consequences of digital rights, specifically the “Right to be Forgotten” under the DPDP framework. By drawing provocative parallels between information theory and the laws of thermodynamics,…
The Incomplete Promise of Self- Sovereign Identity
[Katyayani Shukla is a PhD Scholar at South Asian University. In this piece the author examines India’s Digiyatra app and argues that its self-sovereign identity framework provides only “pseudo-self-empowerment” to users due to inadequate mechanisms for accountability, explanation, and transparency in how their data is transferred and processed. The author argues that while SSI principles…
The Pragmatic Turn In Pseudonymization: What EDPS V SRB Means For Indian Data Controllers
[Varad Tiwari is a second-year student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. In this piece, the author examines the evolving legal landscape of data de-identification following the EDPS v. SRB judgment. Specifically, the piece argues for a “pragmatic” approach to pseudonymization, suggesting that the status of data as “personal” should depend on the specific perspective…