Justice B N Srikrishna Committee
No foolproof anonymity: Justice B N Srikrishna on data protection
Retired Justice B N Srikrishna on Thursday said anonymous data is not foolproof and can be de-anonymised in future
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Right to be forgotten will be arduous as India frames data protection law
The Personal Data Protection (Draft) Bill, 2018, presented by the Justice B N Srikrishna panel, has a section on the right to be forgotten, even as it does not provide the right to erasure
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Srikrishna panel report on data localisation: Why corporate India is upset
The Srikrishna Committee has suggested a turnover-based threshold for kicking in data localisation
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Legal challenges: Draft law on data protection impacts a variety of laws
Aligning the existing laws with the new regime may turn out to be a humungous exercise, say experts
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Srikrishna panel report to change the way user data are collected, stored
Srikrishna committee on data privacy gives companies exemption from seeking consent for work-related information due to "unique nature of the relationship" between the employer and employee
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Panel took fairly balanced call on data protection: Justice Srikrishna
An industry representative and an academician had expressed their reservations during the deliberations, says Srikrishna
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Privacy concerns
Srikrishna committee report has several loopholes
Srikrishna panel's predominance of privacy over RTI raises eyebrows
The report examined the RTI Act, specifically Section 8(1)(j), which deals with unwarranted invasion of privacy and allows for requests for information to be denied if they breach it
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Govt may process your personal data, Srikrishna panel mentions when
The collection and processing in such situations may be covert and expedited, thereby making consent inapplicable
Is Srikrishna Committee going to balance rights to information and privacy?
If the phrase 'privacy' is deleted from RTI Act, it saves the legislation from some of the complexities but that doesn't mean that the right to privacy would no longer apply in the context of RTI Act
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Srikrishna panel moots data privacy authority
Panel was set up on July 31 following a govt decision to make Aadhaar compulsory for all its services
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