Today's Headlines

1. Invisible Markets, Visible Harms: Rethinking Data Brokerage In India - Live Law

Source: Google News DPDP | Read Original →

This Live Law piece scrutinizes India's largely unregulated data brokerage market, highlighting the potential for significant harms due to the opaque nature of data collection, sharing, and resale. The article underscores how current practices in this "invisible market" pose considerable challenges to the consent and transparency principles central to the DPDP Act 2023. Indian businesses utilizing third-party data or engaged in data sharing must critically assess their compliance framework against Section 6 (Consent) and Section 8 (Data Fiduciary obligations).

2. Meta's Child Safety Settlement In US Could Intensify India's Regulatory Glare - outlookbusiness.com

Source: Google News DPDP | Read Original → Meta's recent multi-million dollar settlement in the US over child safety issues is poised to intensify regulatory scrutiny in India, according to outlookbusiness.com. This global development signals a heightened focus on platforms that process the data of minors, prompting Indian authorities, including the Data Protection Board of India (DPBI), to closely examine local adherence to child safety protocols. Businesses operating in India, particularly those with a significant youth user base, must re-evaluate their compliance with Section 9 (Processing of Personal Data of Children) of the DPDP Act.

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