The world is changing its pace in the blink of an eye. The digital landscape is rapidly evolving, and undoubtedly, one thing that has caught everyone’s attention in the past few years is data.

The analysis clarifies that online identifiers qualify as personal data because they can identify individuals directly or indirectly. It highlights the DPDP Act’s broad interpretation and ...

While the Act provides clarity to users on how their data can be used by corporations, it also provides clarity to companies (including startups) on how they must deal with users’ personal data, and ...

Botswana's newly enacted Data Protection Act provides a robust framework for safeguarding personal data. This statement was originally published on misa.org on 17 January 2025. The Act replaces the ...

The importance of safeguarding data privacy has gained significant awareness in recent years. This is reflected in the growing commitment of governments to ensure data protection through legislative ...

Sir: In a significant stride towards safeguarding individual privacy, the Nigerian Data Protection Act (2023), was signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on June 12. This legislation builds upon the ...

When we had the first reading of the Data (Use and Access) Bill in October last year, I’m not sure many of us would have speculated it would take eight months before it became statute, but it did.

India’s digital transition in recent decades has led to a blurring of boundaries between the public and private, with calls for increased privacy protection amid the need for transparency and ...

There’s a saying in Texas: “All hat and no cattle.” It means all talk and no action. That idiom does not apply to the folks within the Consumer Protection Division of the Texas attorney general’s ...