A Series of Op-eds on Data Protection

The first article “User consent is the key to data protection in India” examines the debate around consent and the arguments made to discard it. I question the premise of big data exceptionalism, particularly in the absence of any mature governance models which address use regulation.

In the second article “Robust economic argument for a sound Indian data protection law”, I examine the substance of the argument of innovation as a legitimate competing interest with respect to privacy, and questionthe economic arguments made in support of innovation enabled by unregulated access to data.

In the third article “India’s data protection law needs graded enforcement mechanism“, I look at the two competing arms of regulation – enforcement and compliance, and how a balance of two is need in India,with an empowered regulator and drawing from the principles from responsive regulation theory.