Tag: Data Privacy
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Why is Cybersecurity in Asia an Investment Problem and Less of a Regulatory Problem?
[Jishnu M Nair is a Counsel, ASEAN Compliance Officer at IBM ] The IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025 tells us that, globally, there has been a slight reduction in the average cost of data breaches. However, in countries across the Asian region, specifically for the ASEAN and India bloc, the trend is moving in the opposite direction. The average cost of a
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CCI on WhatsApp Privacy Policy: Some Inspirations, Some Questions
[Raghav Harini N is a final year B.A.LL.B. (Hons) student at ILS Law College, Pune] The Competition Commission of India (CCI), in a recent order, has caused the Director General (DG) to investigate the controversial privacy policy and terms of service of WhatsApp (the policy). It has concluded that the policy prima facie violates section