Draft Indian Data Protection Bill, 2022 - Part 1

Feb 20, 2023 · 18m 41s
Draft Indian Data Protection Bill, 2022 - Part 1
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As the Indian government looks at introducing a data protection bill, industries are bracing themselves for yet another shift in their digital ecosystem. The draft bill titled ‘The Personal Data...

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As the Indian government looks at introducing a data protection bill, industries are bracing themselves for yet another shift in their digital ecosystem. The draft bill titled ‘The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022’ is groundbreaking with its approach to drafting regulations for holding and processing personal data of Indian citizens. Businesses will have to take drastic measures steps towards compliance or face penalties if they don't adhere to the guidelines set out in the proposed legislation. In this episode, we take a look at what this new piece of legislation could mean for businesses as well as examine some key points from the proposed bill. We'll also discuss how organizations can prepare themselves under topics like security compliance and data governance.

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Arun S. Prabhu

Arun advises extensively on matters relating to complex intellectual property, telecom, e-commerce, data protection and privacy, including issues surrounding data collection, processing, protection and retention, in addition to the formulation of policies and best practices designed to mitigate the legal risks associated with handling of data. He specialises in offering sector specific, cutting edge advice in relation to technology to clients who are exposed to increased industry specific risks.

He regularly advises on the intersection between business and emerging technologies. Arun advises both, international and domestic clients, on technology-related transactional and advisory matters across sectors ranging from banking, insurance, healthcare, internet and telecommunications to media and broadcasting. He regularly advices on large scale acquisitions of, or investments into, technology and data centric entities. Some of his key transactions in this regard include Equinix Acquisition of GPX’s data center business in India, IronMountain’s strategic investment into Web Werks India Private Limited and Adani’s strategic relationship with Google.

His transactional work involves enabling complex technology procurement and outsourcing contracts, and software development and licensing arrangements. Recent key transactions have involved assisting Equinix Inc., Adaniconnex Private Limited, Tata Digital Limited, Hinduja Global Solutions Limited, Sequoia Capital, Warburg Pincus, SBI General Insurance and several large banks and financial services institutions and private equity investors in India with key technology transactions.

He writes, speaks, comments and consults extensively with industry associations, embassies, self-regulatory organizations and think tanks, including FICCI, CII, ASSOCHAM on the emerging Indian legal regime surrounding data protection. He has been conducting training for his clients, basis the recently released drafts of the Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022.
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