DataProtection Archives

High Court of Lagos State awards USD 25 Million damages against Meta for privacy breach over False Medical Claim in Facebook Post

The applicant averred that he discovered a video on the Meta Inc. platform falsely portraying that he suffered from prostatitis, a claim he denied, asserting that the publication was false, misleading and an intrusion into his private life.

Op Eds OP. ED.

Joint Fiduciaries under the DPDPA: The Invisible Risk in India’s Financial Data Ecosystems

by Shobit Goel*

Case Briefs High Courts

[Right to be Forgotten] Delhi High Court directs masking of accused’s name in quashed FIR from case records and online search results

There is no reason why an individual who has been duly cleared of any guilt by law should be allowed to be haunted by the remnants of such accusations easily accessible to the public.