BSA in the News

Business Standard, July 13, 2022. Including regulations for non-personal data (NPD) in the proposed Data Protection Bill 2021 would be ‘premature’ without defining clearly what such data is, experts including BSA's Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy said in a report published Tuesday. Read more

The Economic Times, July 13, 2022. Most experts who participated in a panel discussion by not-for-profit Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) International said that regulation of non-personal data when the definition of the term itself was still vague would be premature. BSA’s Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy attended the panel discussion. Read more

India Business Law Journal, July 12, 2022. Several digital rights organisations have expressed their concerns about these directions to the MEITY. Many VPN providers, including ExpressVPN and Surfshark, have decided to pull out of India by removing their India-based VPN servers. Read more

Moneycontrol, July 11, 2022. The Software Alliance explained that when the requirement of "ensuring" users’ compliance requirement is applied to enterprise service providers there can be “significant privacy and cybersecurity concerns.” Read more