FDPPI is your Privacy Companion

Disputes are the inevitable part of every business and organizations need to find a way to resolve them and move forward.

Disputes could be between the organization and its employees, organization and the customers or organization with its business associates.

Normally contracts provide for dispute resolution by stating that the dispute resolution is subject to the “Jurisdiction of Courts in ….”. Most of the times the dominant party specifies the jurisdiction of his country. This may not be convenient to the customers and hence most of the time dispute resolution through Courts is a non existent remedy in a contract.

The better option therefore is to add in the contract that disputes will be resolved by ADR (Alternate Dispute Resolution) process such as Mediation and Arbitration.

ADR is handled by domain experts and if agreed to by the parties can be binding.

FDPPI being a domain expert in ADR, intends to set up a “Data Disputes Mediation and Arbitration Center” (DDMAC).

DDMAC proposes to use the ODR platform as offered as a service by www.odrglobal.in which provides a turnkey service including the digital platform and back end support services along with the registrar service. Where required, it will provide the support of recording of the proceedings with Section 65B certificate from Cyber Evidence Archival Center (www.ceac.in).

In the upcoming Indian PDPA, Data Fiduciaries are required to set up a “Grievance Redressal Mechanism” and FDPPI endeavors to provide this support.

Initially FDPPI will accept “Mediation” requests. In due course, “With Recourse Arbitration” would be provided as an extended service of the DDMAC. Under this service, arbitration service will be provided without prejudice to the remedies available under the PDPA in the form of “Adjudication”.

The FDPPI’s DDMAC will be an ODR platform running over the odrglobal.in infrastructure. The Arbitrators will be some of the supporting members who are having the necessary expertise and declare themselves to be the Arbitrators.

Cyber Law College will be conducting a training program on Indian Arbitration Act 1996 for which a schedule will be announced shortly. Those professionals who are already trained mediators or arbitrators from other organizations conducting such programs are welcome to register as supporting members of FDPPI and offer their services as Arbitrators.

Watch out for more details.

Naavi

Data Breaches are happening every day exposing companies to major data disasters. When the Indian Personal Data Protection Act becomes a law in early 2021, Are we ready to meet the consequences?

FDPPI presents you an opportunity to share your thoughts on how your company is preparing for  PDPA compliance in India

P.S: Participation in this survey is voluntary. Provision of the contact information is also voluntary. The information submitted will be used for the purpose of understanding the requirements of the industry.

FDPPI conducted its second AGM on 30th September 2020 through a virtual meeting.

During the meeting, Certificates were also declared issued to the professionals who had completed the CDPP Module I examination and the recently concluded Module G program

A total of 52 persons were issued certificates for Module I and 23 for Module G. 18 persons were certified for both Module I and G.

Today two more certificates which could not be issued yesterday were issued to Module I candidates making the total number of certified persons under Module I as 54.

Many of the professionals who went through the examination shared their experience in attending the training program and the examination.

It was the unanimous opinion of all that the standard of examination was worldclass.

Sri Na.Vijayashankar speaking as the Chairman of FDPPI outlined the activities of the company in the year 2019-20 and laid out his vision for the future. He highlighted that during the current year, efforts will be made on

a) Continue the training and Certification of Module I and G

b) Start the other three modules of the Certification program on Technology, Audit and Behavioural Skills

c) Strengthen the PDPSI (Personal Data Protection Standard of India) as the Data Protection Compliance framework as an affordable guide along with the development of lead auditors and a certification program

d) Work towards the commencement of the Data Disputes Mediation and Arbitration Center

Naavi highlighted that the focus of FDPPI would be towards the slogan “Think Data, Think FDPPI”.

A compendium of pictures taken during the occasion is available here.

We thank all the participants who made the program a grand success.

Naavi

The Annual General Meeting of the members of FDPPI will be held on September 30, 2020 at 5.00 pm as a virtual meeting.

This is open only for paid members of the organization who have agreed to the Guarantee clause as per the Articles.

In view of the meeting, there will be no Jnaanavardhini program on 30th. September 2020.

Naavi

The webinar to mark the second anniversary of FDPPI was held today on the topic of “Getting Ready for the Personal Data Protection Era”.

Sri Tejasvi Surya, honourable MP inaugurated the webinar.

Mr Vijayashankar, Chairman of FDPPI delivered the Key Note address

A Panel consisting of Mr Venkat Satish Guttula, Rediff.com, Mr Rajesh Kumar, Infosys, Mr Satish Kumar Dwibhashi, Wibmo, Mr Srikanth, TVS and Mr Vijayendra Shenoy, Consultant participated in the discussions.

The following three videos capture the dliberations.

1. https://youtu.be/lG4Ja1EjMBA 

2. https://youtu.be/Jxehujd0oMo

3. https://youtu.be/6ImLKtMujKA

Naavi

The Live webcast of the webinar on Getting ready for the Personal data protection will be available online here

Watch LIVE – 23-Sep-2020 | 10:30am IST

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Naavi

FDPPI, Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India is a Not for profit company established in 2018 dedicated to the empowerment of the Data Protection industry in India.

FDPPI has already established itself as a leading institution in India in the field of Data Protection and provides affordable, global quality certification programs for professionals who want to build a career in Data Protection.

FDPPI is also in the process of establishing a compliance framework “Personal Data Protection Standard of India” as a standard for the use of SMEs and MSMEs on par with the globally recognized standards.

These two projects are expected to not only enable SMEs and MSMEs to be compliant with the Indian and Global data protection laws such as ITA 2008 (at present), PDPA-2020 (Proposed in India), GDPR and other laws which multiple countries have established, without the usual high costs associated with such certifications and compliance programs but save precious foreign exchange for the country.

While Data Protection is a concept well understood in the IT industry, its importance is not so well appreciated in the manufacturing industry and SME sector.

The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 is now before the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Parliament and is expected to be passed into a law soon. When the law comes into operation, it will extend the provisions of ITA 2000/2008 (Information Technology Act 2000 amended in 2008) and make it necessary for all organizations handling personal data to be proactively compliant or otherwise face prospects of significant fines. Though certain time would be available for compliance, prudent managements need to start their journey towards compliance early so that they are not caught napping at a later date.

“Getting Ready for the Data Protection Era” is aimed at creating a basic awareness of how the proposed law may affect SMEs including those in the Non IT sector. It is an initiative to spread the awareness of PDPA.

This is a “Free Webinar”  available for any interested person upon registration and invitation. The registration form is available here.

Understanding PDPA is not only essential to remain compliant but also to prepare ourselves for the next era of “Non Personal Data Governance Regulation” which the Government of India is working on to unlock the value of Non Personal Data.

We are pleased to inform that the honourable Member of Parliament, Sri Tejasvi Surya has consented to inaugurate the program. Several organizations such as See Change Consulting, KASSIA and BSPIN are supporting the  program for the benefit of their members.

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend this Program and enrich your knowledge.

Naavi

While Data Processing Companies which are in the IT sector have a reasonable awareness of data protection laws, non IT companies including the Government departments, NGOs, SMEs and MSMEs have not so far given much thought to the impact of the law that may hit them any time.  Many are banking on the Government not passing the bill quickly or provide a long time for implementation even after the bill is passed.

Whether Government obliges them or not, responsible businessmen need to start their journey to understand what the Act means to them and how they need to get ready for the new regime.

To enable this segment of the business community get an idea about what Personal Data Protection means in their domain, FDPPI is organizing a webinar on “Getting Ready for the New Era of Personal Data Protection? on 23rd September 2020.

The webinar will be free and available on invitation. It will run between 10.30 am to 12.30 pm.

The webinar will be inaugurated by Honorable Member of Parliament Sri Tejasvi Surya and is likely to have the participation of the State Government also. (Subject to Confirmation). Sri Na.Vijayashankar (Naavi), the Chairman of FDPPI will propose the Key Note address which will be followed by a panel discussion by eminent industry specialists viz, Sri Venkat Satish Guttula, CISO, Rediff.com, Sri Rajesh Kumar, Group Manager, Privacy and Data Protection Office, Infosys,Sri S.Srikanth, CISO, TVS., Sri Satish Kumar Dwibhashi, CISO, Wibmo Inc., and Sri Vijayendra Shenoy, IS Consultant and former Vice President, IT at Mumbai International Airport Ltd.

Persons interested may kindly register themselves here.

FDPPI conducts weekly webinars under the series “Jnaana Vardhini”. Presently the webinars are free and open to any body.

Now FDPPI has started a new series titled “Star Jnaana Vardhini” series which will be open only to paid members of FDPPI.

Presently it is intended that such program will be conducted once every month.

The first such program will be held on 19th August 2020 at 19.00 hours. The topic would be “Legal Aspects of Cloud Computing with specific reference to Data Protection”

This will be a “Round Table” Discussion anchored by Naavi.

We hope such programs would help in the continuing education of our members.