India: Technology

Cybersecurity and data protection are closely connected, but they serve different purposes. Cybersecurity protects systems, networks and information from unauthorised access, disruption, alteration or destruction. Data protection governs how personal information is collected, used, stored, shared and deleted. Together, cybersecurity and data protection help businesses protect sensitive information, meet legal obligations and maintain the trust of customers, employees and business partners.

Getting a SEBI registration is a milestone for any Alternative Investment Fund (“AIF”). It is also where the real compliance work begins. Once the fund becomes operational, the regulatory focus shifts to how its obligations are implemented in practice. The SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 (“AIF Regulations”) require detailed policies and procedures to govern fund decisions.

In this ‘Leading Questions’ section, Sidhant Dhingra and Shikher Upadhyay explain DPDP execution by outlining Data Fiduciary responsibilities, Significant Data Fiduciary duties, strict protections for children’s data, and rules for data erasure and retention.

AI can narrow a thousand profiles down to twenty. Deciding which of those twenty is right for the role still depends on the conversations a recruiter has with candidates and clients.

Generative AI can now reproduce a person's face, voice and mannerisms with a fidelity that the average viewer cannot tell apart from reality. What began as novelty content—face-swapped videos, synthetic voice clips circulated for entertainment—has, since 2023, become a live commercial and reputational threat.

Generative AI can now assist with campaign concepts, generate images and videos, alter backgrounds and styling, create advertising copy, and produce market-specific versions of a campaign at remarkable speed. For fashion brands operating across multiple markets, the commercial attraction is obvious: more content, faster production and greater localization

The Information Technology Act, 2000 empowers the Central Government under section 87 to frame rules governing intermediaries, including the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

The dispute between Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI revolves around the release of OpenAI's updated voice assistant in its GPT-4o model, which featured a voice that many found eerily similar...

With the rapid advancement of technology, the digital landscape has become a breeding ground for cyber threats, and one of the most prevalent among them is phishing.

A customer applies for a personal loan through a fintech app. The fintech collects her details and passes them to the partner bank, which approves the loan. The data then moves to a cloud provider that hosts the bank's systems, to a credit analytics vendor that scores the application and, eventually, to a collection agency.

Financial technology companies operate in a data intensive environment. A single fintech platform may collect identity information, financial records, transaction details, credit information, device information, location data and behavioural information.

The emergence of blockchain technology has given rise to a new era in contractual relationships through the advent of smart contracts. These self‐executing digital instruments, governed by code on a decentralized ledger, promise efficiency, transparency, and security. Yet, their integration into traditional legal frameworks raises critical issues concerning enforceability, interpretation, and dispute resolution.