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How to handle cross-border transactions under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA)

Ever wondered why your online shopping preferences seem to influence ads from companies halfway across the globe? Or how your Instagram stories, posts, and comments magically show up for your friends and family, no matter where they are? This fascinating phenomenon is the result of personal data travelling across borders in our interconnected world. Think …

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Don’t get caught out : learn from others’ mistakes in data retention

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 …

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Don’t get caught out : learn from others’ mistakes in data retention

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 …

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How to conduct a data protection impact assessment under PDPA, 2023 or EU GDPR

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 …

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Roadmap for data protection and privacy jobs

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 …

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Data protection vs. what you’re doing : pay gap  

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 …

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Don’t get caught out : learn from others’ mistakes in data retention

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 …

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Handle data breaches like a pro and save millions today

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 …

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How can you determine whether your organisation in India has to comply with GDPR 

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 …

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Privacy talent needed across professions for 7 types of work

Data protection and privacy management work is divided into 7 categories. Engineers, developers, including UI/UX teams, product managers are uniquely positioned to do this work – many of them continue to utilise privacy knowledge in their existing roles while others later branch out as privacy engineers once the company sets up a dedicated privacy team …