Just as we thought February 2019 was going to be a slow month for privacy and profiling laws in India, this Press Release, published at 10:34 p.m. on the very last day of the month, changed things around completely!
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The Only Privacy Law Referencer You Will Ever Need
We’re very happy to announce the Privacy Law Referencer – a free online manual on Indian Privacy Law, updated and accessible everywhere.
The Referencer currently includes:
- Every single section (full text) of the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, cross-referenced against
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But you already knew that.
Two US senators, John Cornyn and Mark…