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Saving Your Privacy

The Justice BN Srikrishna Committee drafted a tough data protection law in 2018. It included the right to confirmation and access and data portability. Why has it been hanging fire since then?

Donald Trump’s Impeachment: Differing Legal Perspectives

Though the Democrats have now captured the commanding heights in the House of Representatives and a majority of the Senate in the US, they still require support from Republican senators to impeach Donald Trump

Bouncing cheques: Dishonour of trust

Bounced” or dishonoured cheques are anathema to a business transaction. This historically repetitive occurrence has been met with scorn

The Nidhi Razdan con: Fishy business

The Nidhi Razdan incident has given room for introspection by privacy law makers and data security specialists, besides providing an opportunity for the public to learn from it.

Stay on farm laws: Supreme Court order enters others’ territory

When a law is made by Parliament, it alone can repeal or suspend it. The Court has no power to stay it, and if it does so, then Parliament too can do the same to a court’s orders. This tussle has been there since the first Republic Day in 1950.

Doom for a Despot

Whatever may be the outcome of the Senate trial to impeach Donald Trump, the president has had his comeuppance. There is no way he can obliterate the legacy of shame which will his personal hallmark.

The Trump Era ends, as a Tragedy

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy, a total sham and a travesty. We should have a revolution in this country.

WhatsApp cedes space to other apps over privacy opacity

WhatsApp has been a popular messaging app with 400 million users in India out of about 2 billion users worldwide. On the other hand, it has about 68 million users in the US.

Jammu and Kashmir DDC poll results underline same old demographic faultlines

The best school of democracy and the best guarantee of democracy is the practice of local self-governments,” said eminent historian and jurist Lord Bryce.

Amid WhatsApp privacy concerns, the draft Data Protection Bill comes to mind

The Data Protection Bill has been in the pipeline for a couple of years and it is a mystery when it will become an Act. Justice BN Srikrishna had led the committee that drafted the Personal Data Protection Bill.

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