With the new cabinet of Modi 3.0 announced, it is heartening to note that Mr Ashwini Vashnav continues to be the minister for IT along with Railways and Information and Broadcasting. Digital publishing being a major part of Meity’s regulations, it is good that I&B ministry has been combined with MeitY at the level of the minister.
The MOS of IT Mr Rajev Chandrashekar unfortunately lost his election narrowly in Tiruvananthapuram against Mr Shashi Tharoor and will be missed for continuity. We wish Rajeev Chandrashekar all the best in his next stint as a party worker either in Kerala or in Bangalore which he represented in the Rajya Sabha.
In place of Mr Mr Rajeev Chandrashekar, we have now Mr Jitin Prasada as the new minister of state for IT.
A product of Doon School Dehradun and an MBA from International Management institute in New Delhi, Jitin Prasada recently served as a Minister in the UP state Government as Minister of Technical Education for 2 years.
We hope under the guidance of Mr Ashwin Vaishnaw, he would ensure that the projects of MeitY are implemented without any slackness.
On request, attendees will be issued participation certificate with 2 hours CPE credit. Attendees will also get a 20% discount on the book “Privacy Guardians…”
FDPPI is pleased to announce that the flagship event of FDPPI namely IDPS 2024 has been scheduled for November 30 and December 1 2024 (Changed from Nov 22, 23 and 24 of 2024.)
The program will be hybrid with physical event at KLE Law College, Ullal Bengaluru between 9.30 am to 5.30 pm.
The general theme of the seminar would be “Privacy issues in AI and Robotics, The Law, Technology and Governance”.
Details of individual sessions and speakers are being finalized.
Request all professionals to mark the dates in their calendars.
Any corporate which wants to participate in the conference as sponsor or virtual exhibitor of their products may contact FDPPI.
Naavi
[P.S: This post was edited on 11th October 2024 consequent to change in the date of the event]
FDPPI along with Naavi has embarked on a mission to spread DPDPA awareness amongst the public as well as professionals.
As part of this objective, FDPPI has revised its pricing strategy for the courses on Certified Data Protection Professional from the fixed Course fee payment to a time based subscription model.
The new scheme essentially enables those who are focussed on completing the course to complete the course on a fast track basis at a relatively low cost. Students can take subscriptions to different courses for a 2 month period which can be extended if required.
Further, students would be having the option to book “Mentor Sessions” where they will have a virtual real time interaction with the faculty to get clarifications after going through the video lessons.
In the past, since the access to the course modules was available for an indefinite period, there was no incentive to complete the course quicky and students tended to take upto 6 months for a course which they should normally complete within a month. The new system therefore fixes the subscription at 2 months which is extendable in blocks of further two months.
The two month subscription for different courses as a Self paced access are as follows: (GST Extra).
Course
Fees for first 2 months (Rs)
Fees for Renewal for further 2 month block (Rs)
Fees for Mentor Sessions of 90 minutes
1
Certificated Cyber Law Professional (Based on ITA 2000/8)
3000
1500
1500
2
Certified Indian Data Protection Professional (Based on DPDPA 2023)
4000
2000
2000
3
Certified Global Data Protection Professional (Based on GDPR, CPRA HIPAA)
5000
2500
2000
4
Certified DGPMS Implementor (Based on Digital Governance and Protection Management System for India)
6000
3000
2000
5
Certified Data Protection Officer and Data Auditor (Based on compliance of DPDPA, ITA 2000 and proposed BIS standard of Data Protection)
15000
7500
2500
As a further commitment to spread the DPDPA professional knowledge and skills, every month, 5 students would be provided a discount of 30% over the above market price for first two months.
Additionally, for those who register for the courses before the rules are notified, one free virtual session of around 2 hours would be provided as a bridging session to update them on the rules.
Reading material would be provided in softcopy form for all the courses.
Examination and Certification
All participants will be provided participation certificate after they clock at least 90% of the video time for the course and a quiz.
Those who would like to opt for C.DPO.DA. certification need to pass an online examination. The examination fee for those who attend the C.DPO.DA. course as above would be Rs 10000/-
However open entry would be provided to professionals who may not undergo the training program at an examination fee of Rs 25000/-
Repeat examination fee would be Rs 6000/-
The passing of the examination would be based on a system of normalization and relative scoring. The decision of FDPPI in this regard is final and not subject to debate.
FDPPI has been working along with Naavi to empower the Data Protection Community in India with Certification programs, the Compliance Framework and other activities.
With the impending notification of DPDPA rules, it is time to accelerate the activities of FDPPI on a mission mode and hence FDPPI is joining hands with Naavi.org in this mission DPDPA as a Co-sponsor.
Spread the knowledge of what are the Rights and Duties of Citizens under DPDPA 2023 amongst the general public including students and faculty of Law, Engineering, Management.
Spread the knowledge of what are the compliance requirements under DPDPA 2023 by organizations including the Directors, CxOs and others.
Provide tools of empowerment of individuals through Certification Programs
Provide tools of empowerment to organizations through a framework for compliance along with a system of third party audit, assessment and conformity assurance certificates.
Provide Jurisprudential suggestions to the Government through Policy Advisories placed in the public domain.
Encourage different industry sectors to develop self regulatory guidelines and work towards acceptable sectoral guidelines.
Encourage tech developers to adopt “Compliance by Design” and incorporate DPDPA 2023 compliance when products and services are designed including tools to assist others to be compliant such as AI tools and Governance support software systems.
These are the minimum objectives of the mission and could expand.
As the D-Day for publication of rules for DPDPA 2023 is approaching, FDPPI has decided to run a special awareness building program on DPDPA 2023, Global Data Protection Laws and Certified DPO and Data Auditor.
The objective of this campaign is to ensure that we reach out to a large number of professionals aspiring to learn about DPDPA 2023 as a law and prepare themselves to be the next generation professionals such as DPOs in India and Data Auditors.
Over the next few months, there will be several in house physical training programs which will be customised to the requirements of different organizations which will be separately priced, This new campaign is meant for the “Virtual Online Sessions” based on recorded videos and pre-arranged real-time mentor sessions online.
On June 28, 2024, Bsides Bangalore is conducting its “Security Bsides Bangalore 2024”a premier cyber security conference in India, at Marriott, Whitefield, Bangalore.
FDPPI is a community partner for the event.
Bsides has been conducting such conferences each year and one can expect the following during the conference.
Keynotes & CXO Fireside chats CxO Roundtables Panel Discussions Workshops & Trainings Research Based Talks & Tech Talks B5CTF & Wonder women CTF(Capture The Flag) W3-CS Connect Job Fair Career & Resume Clinic Live Hacking Villages Tools Forge (showcase Innovation) Excellence Awards Ceremony Opportunity to Win Prizes Exhibits Limitless networking Opportunities
Interested persons can register here and also avail the discounts from the community discount code given above.
FDPPI is organizing events on Compliance of DPDPA at multiple centers for different audience.
Since January, one day events were held in Pune, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.
Now the following events are planned.
13th April 2024: Hyderabad (CIOKLUB members only)
11th May 2024: Delhi (CIOKLUB members only)
12th May 2024: Delhi (Open paid event)
18th May 2024 : Coimbatore (CIOKLUB members only)
The one day programs will cover DPDPA law and Implementation through DGPSI framework.
Interested persons who would like to attend the May 12tth event may contact FDPPI. Any other organization which may like to conduct programs for their members may also contact FDPPI.
An MOU was signed between the training partner of FDPPI, (Cyber Law College, division of Ujvala Consultants Pvt Ltd)) and iLET Solutions Private Limited, an e-Learning platform to provide Learning Management solutions for the different online training programs conducted by Cyber Law College.
Mr Ashok Kini, partner Klickstart Solutions and Director FDPPI (Chapter Activity Coordination Committee) and Suresh Balepur, President Bangalore Chapter of FDPPI were present during the occasion.
iLET Solutions was founded in 2018 and offers a wide range of blended learning courses for talent development and enrichment across all age groups.
Mr Mayank Jaiswal, the Co-Founder and Director executed the MOU which enables FDPPI and Cyber Law College to host the Certification programs on the platform under the URL “Learnwyse.com” .
ILET will also host “Jnaana Bhandar” which is the video repository of FDPPI events which is part of the continuing education of the members. FDPPI will launch the “Jnaana Bhandar” as part of its “Content Membership” program where professionals can subscribe to the different videos produced during FDPPI knowledge sessions and events which should be useful reference information.
DPDPA 2023 has envisaged that all Significant Data Fiduciaries would be mandatorily required to appoint an independent data auditor to carry out data audit, who shall evaluate the compliance of the Significant Data Fiduciary in accordance with the provisions of this Act; [Section 1092)(b)].
It is expected that the rules to be notified would indicate the details of what is expected of the Data Auditor. It is possible that the Government may provide some time for introducing this requirement. However the law is clear that the function of the “Data Auditor” is that he should be able to carry out a “Data Audit” and “Evaluate” “Compliance” of this Act by the Significant Data Fiduciary.
FDPPI has now created the C.DPO.DA. as a comprehensive certification program for both Data Protection Officers and Data Auditors and covers the knowledge of DPDPA 2023, ITA 2000, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, Singapore PDPA, introduction to Audit skills under ISO, BIS draft guidelines on Data Governance and DGPSI system in detail. It is considered that the course followed by the online examination would be a reasonable test of the credentials of a professional to be a Data Auditor.
FDPPI has now created a consortium which has the skills of DGPSI based data audits, along with the skills of implementation of ISO 27001/27701/Soc2 and other audits besides other governance requirements. This consortium would provide “Data Auditor” services to the Corporate members of FDPPI on request and to other companies on demand.
As and when the MeitY comes up with detailed guidelines on the Data Auditors, necessary modifications will be made for the accreditation of members to the FDPPI Consortium of Data Auditors. (FCDA).
In the meantime, FDPPI will continue to certify new professionals for the C.DPO.DA. course though not all of them would be part of the FCDA.
