MEITY expands the scope of digital signature certificates
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has broadened the scope of using digital signature certificates in executing certain documents through its notification dated September 26, 2022, amending the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“Act”).The first schedule of the Act excludes certain transactions or documents from the Act’s purview thereby invalidating the use of digital signatures. …
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Introduction of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“?????”) published the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (“???? ????”) on November 18, 2022 for public consultation. The 2022 Bill is open for comments from the public until December 17, 2022.The previous iterations of the data protection bill have been shortened and revised to bring in …
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Regulating work from home in special economic zones
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued the Special Economic Zones (Third Amendment) Rules, 2022 (“Amendment”) which provides new provisions in relation to work from home. Prior to the Amendment, the removal of assets from a Special Economic Zone (“SEZ”) such as laptops, video projection system(s) and documents required special permission from the development …
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