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India's Data Protection Regime: A Guide For Foreign Investors
India has become one of the world's fastest growing investment destinations, attracting multinational corporations, private equity funds, technology companies, financial institutions, manufacturing enterprises, healthcare organisations, and digital service providers. Market size, demographic advantages, digital infrastructure, and policy reforms continue attracting businesses seeking long term commercial opportunities.
India Privacy
MH
Mansukhlal Hiralal & Co.
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Data Confidentiality As A Corporate Governance Imperative Protecting The Company’s Invisible Assets
Indian courts recognize that confidential business information is protectable where it is specific, commercially valuable and shared in circumstances of confidence. For start-ups and fast-growing FMCG businesses, where management bandwidth is directed towards brand-building, distribution and customer acquisition, data protection is often deferred. This article examines what makes company data vulnerable, what courts protect in data disputes, and how businesses can embed litigation-readiness into their data
India Privacy
AP
AZB & Partners
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Supreme Court Set To Adjudicate Validity Of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the DPDP Act’ or ‘the Act’) represents a landmark legislative development in India’s data governance landscape, being the country’s first comprehensive statute dedicated exclusively to the protection of digital personal data. Passed by Parliament in August 2023 and notified in November 2024, the Act is accompanied by the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (‘the DPDP Rules’), which prescribe a phased 18-month compliance timeline for data fiduciaries.
India Privacy
SR
S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates
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From Law–To–Code: India's Emerging Data Protection Compliance Infrastructure
India is on the verge of implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDPA"). To assist the industry with compliance, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY"), is exploring a "law-to-code" framework that seeks to build compliance directly into technological infrastructure by converting law into machine-executable rules capable of being automatically implemented within digital systems.
India Privacy
Shivadass & Shivadass
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Electronic Books Of Accounts In India: Statutory Location Requirements And Emerging Compliance Risks
India's regulatory landscape for financial record-keeping has undergone a quiet but consequential transformation over the past several years. The migration of books of accounts from physical ledgers to cloud-hosted platforms and SaaS-based enterprise resource planning systems has dramatically altered not just how financial data is stored, but where it resides and that question of where has become a matter of acute legal consequence.
India Accounting
LegaLogic
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WhatsApp Usernames: A Legal Perspective On The Shift From Phone Numbers To Unique IDs
WhatsApp’s anticipated transition from phone-number-based identification to usernames and unique IDs marks one of the most significant structural changes in the platform’s history. While the move is being celebrated as a privacy win for users, it raises a host of complex legal questions spanning data protection, identity verification, cybercrime, and consumer rights.
India Privacy
SR
S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates
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