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Policy Technology

PROTECTION OF USER HEALTHCARE DATA IN INDIA VIS-À-VIS THE DISHA BILL: SUBSTANTIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM GDPR

Vanshika Arora Introduction The regulation, protection, disclosure, and transfer of personal data in India, is not governed by a robust, broad-gauge, and comprehensive law. The recently retracted Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, was expected to change the law of the land in this respect; however, what awaits the Data Protection policy of India is a […]

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Technology

You Facilitate We Penalize: How Intermediary Liability Works

By Prakhar Raghuvanshi The Internet is a unique medium of expression and deserves a different standard of protection than other media. Any organization which facilitates transactions between third party over the internet is an internet intermediary.1 It primarily gives access to the host and transmits the content originated from third parties. It does not create […]

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Technology

Legal and Regulatory Clarity for Online Aggregators: A Current Necessity

By Falguni Gupta Introduction The E-commerce sector has become a favorite of both sellers and consumers in a short span of time. Recently, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion introduced certain changes in the FDI Policy permitting 100% FDI under the automatic route, making it applicable to the e-commerce entities[1]. An aggregator model of […]

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Intellectual Property Technology

From ‘who’ to ‘what’: Proposed Paradigm shift in Patent Law

By Aditya Gupta   “The short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all” – Stephen Hawking[1] Introduction As abstract and far-fetched as it may sound, two patents have been filed before the US Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office, and […]