“A neutered or slightly diluted regulator is not [necessarily] a bad thing,” responded the Esya Centre’s Meghna Bal when asked if the functions of India’s apex privacy regulator established under ...

Cases of non-compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (DPDP Bill), and subsequent financial penalties, will be determined by the newly-established Data Protection Board of India ...

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has drafted the due process for the appointment of members to the Data Protection Board. businessline has learned from sources that a selection committee, comprising ...

The formation of the Data Protection Board (DPB), a pivotal adjudicatory body under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, will be the cornerstone of India’s data governance efforts.

The Senate’s failure to consider President Donald Trump’s appointees is affecting more than just the federal judiciary. That abdication of responsibility has now left one agency—the Merit Systems ...

The Merit Systems Protection Board is set to both propose and implement new rules aimed at making it easier for the agency to maintain operations in situations where the adjudicative body atop the ...

India, as one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing digital markets, has taken a significant step towards bolstering data protection and privacy with the proposed establishment of the Data ...

Legal experts believe that adding criminal liability for data fiduciaries could act as a stronger deterrent in cases involving fraud, negligence, or intentional non-compliance. Image: Pixabay New ...

Since the wave of U.S. government layoffs began, the independent agency that adjudicates a federal worker’s challenge of their dismissal has seen its case load skyrocket. The U.S. Merit Systems ...

The government had allocated ₹2 crore to meet the establishment and salary expenses of the Data Protection Board in FY25. In order to operationalise the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, ...

Earlier this year, the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) sought public feedback on the draft rules for the implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. At ...