Digital Economy Blog Series: Part 6

Labor’s ability to negotiate with capital has reduced because of work mediated by Big Tech. Workers’ agenda must include algorithm regulation, data and financial rights of workers.

Has the right to portability and right to be forgotten been removed from the latest draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022? Has the Central government been given more rule making power? What are the duties imposed on data principals?

How different is the latest draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 from the previous Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019? Have the rights for data principals been enhanced? Has the concept of ‘sensitive personal data’ been removed from the current version of the Bill?

Why did the Ministry of Electronics and IT invite feedback to the draft amendments of the the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021? What are the functions of the new Grievance Appellate Committees?

The Competition Commission of India has imposed two hefty penalties on the tech giant for abusing its dominance to promote its payments app and in-app payment system

Digital Economy Blog Series: Part 5

Why is the Election Commission keen on voters linking their Aadhaar with voter IDs?