1- Day Workshop on Data Privacy Law in India

Workshop by Asian School of Cyber Laws Pune, Mumbai, Panaji View Contact

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Learn: Privacy and Security | Privacy & Data Protection

Category: IT Security and Ethical Hacking | Computer & Technology Law

Medium of instruction:

English

The primary law for data privacy in India is the Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011 issued by the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ob) of subsection (2) of section 87 read with section 43A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

The data privacy rules define sensitive personal data or information to include passwords, financial information, physical, physiological and mental health condition, sexual orientation, medical records and history and biometric information.

Non-compliance with any of the provisions of the data privacy rules is penalized with a compensation /penalty of upto Rs. 25,000 under section 45 of the Information Technology Act.

Additionally, in some cases there may be liability under section 43A of the Information Technology Act. Under the original Information Technology Act, 2000, compensation claims were restricted to Rs. 1 crore. Now claims upto Rs 5 crore are under the jurisdiction of Adjudicating Officers. Claims above Rs 5 crore are under the jurisdiction of the relevant courts. Additionally, in some cases there may be liability under section 72A of the Information Technology Act. This section provides for imprisonment upto 3 years and / or fine upto Rs 5 lakh.

 

Topics include:

•   Overview of the Information Technology Act

•   Understanding the Data Privacy Law in India

•   Data Privacy Compliance for various sectors

•   Automating the compliance process

 

Availability: This workshop is available globally

Classroom - Regular
When	Duration	Where	Remarks	Price
Not Specified	1 Days	All Venues	Not Specified	Price On Request

Pune, Senapati Bapat Marg (Head Office):- 6th Floor, Pride Kumar Senate, Behind Sigma House Senapati Bapat Marg, Pune - 411016, Maharashtra, India


Mumbai, Churchgate (Branch):- 7 Vaswani Mansions, Opp. H.R. College, Dinshaw Wachha Road Churchgate, Mumbai - 400020, Maharashtra, India


Panaji, Nevgi (Branch):- F2, Vistar Estates, Near Four Pillars Nevgi, Panaji - 403001, Goa, India

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