One of the tasks you will perform as a data protection & privacy consultant or a data protection officer is to conduct a data protection impact assessment or DPIA under Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (India) or EU GDPR (for clients or employers with presence in Europe). If your clients have presence in other countries …

At LawSikho & SkillArbitrage (both brands are owned by Addictive Learning Technology Limited), we have a  formula for success that our students follow:  Skills/capability + Credibility/ track record + Outreach = success in anything Most people remain stuck at the knowledge level, and assume the rest of it will happen automatically over time.  A lot …

There are 3 kinds of opportunities you could get if you work in the field of data protection and privacy management:  You will be surprised to know the difference in pay if you work in data protection & privacy management vs. anything else.  Data protection pays head and shoulders over everything else. The gap will …

How long is your company supposed to retain the personal data of its customers? Under the GDPR, companies found retaining data beyond the stipulated period can face fines of up to 4% of their annual global turnover or €20 million, whichever is higher.  And, under the DPDPA regime, the fines range up to 200 crore …

In 2023, Meta, Facebook’s parent company, incurred a record-breaking fine of 1.2 billion Euros under GDPR for mishandling personal data during transfers from Europe to the United States, a persistent oversight that drew significant scrutiny from the European Data Protection Board. The broader context is even more concerning.  According to the GDPR Tracker Report updated …

Here’s a fact for you- Indian companies might also have to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation.  And here’s another interesting fact- by simply identifying which businesses these are- you can start your journey as a Data Protection Manager.  How? Well, most businesses in India aren’t even aware of what GDPR is, and because …

Let’s learn an awesome skill which will give you a flavour of privacy work at its best – international data transfers.  Privacy professionals working in Big Four, MNCs, and international startups that are expanding internationally have to do this work all the time.  How can you take a decision on international data transfer to and …

Precis-writing carries 30 marks in SEBI Grade A, Paper 1 of Phase 2.  This paper is very important as you must score maximum marks possible to get a good rank.  Many candidates who are good in legal knowledge and skills are unable to clear the paper because of poor marks in Paper 1 of Phase …

Paper 1 of Phase 2 has a 30 marks question on “Essay Writing”. You can get topics which pertain to socio-economic issues, technology or finance. In addition to this, they might provide you with an abstract or statement on which you might be expected to write an essay. You will get one question from each …

I will teach you how to reach out to partners of boutique law firms so you can land your first internship with them. One of my students was not getting any internships. He was not listening to us in the beginning.  But during the pandemic, after failing to get any job for about a year, …