Posts published by “Siddharth Manohar”

Siddharth Manohar is a lawyer by training and a Senior Research Associate at Aapti Institute. His work covers the legal and policy issues around the data economy and the regulation of digital platforms. Currently studying models of data sharing, he is interested in how technology and law can be used together for creative policy design.

Data Protection Bill Must Increase User Control Over Data Sharing

Data Protection Bill Must Increase User Control Over Data Sharing

By Siddharth Manohar on February 28, 2020

The Bill gives government agencies unrestricted power to acquire any piece of anonymised non-personal data without guidelines, checks or limitations. Without protection, companies and individuals may be arbitrarily forced to share data.