Articles by Rahul Matthan
India’s advocacy of DPI marks a global triumph
The successful push for DPI at the G20 reflects a transformative diplomacy that has shifted the country’s image from a rule-taker to a rule-maker
Published on Sep 09, 2023 09:48 PM IST
The new data bill will mark a paradigm shift
India is probably the last significant nation with no active data protection regime. The new bill fills that gap.
Published on Aug 07, 2023 10:10 PM IST
New regulation for online gaming has some gaps
There are also concerns about how this new framework will align with the authority of the states to regulate the sector
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 07:19 PM IST
The hits and misses of data protection bill
The new draft digital data protection bill has several positives, ranging from its simple language, to a legal approach driven by principles. However, concerns about the lack of some data protection concepts remain
Updated on Nov 24, 2022 08:53 AM IST
Who should finance digital ecosystems?
The complexities of the ecosystems call for a private-public balance, which ensures that citizens are empowered by technology, and also protected from its harmful side-effects
Published on Mar 22, 2022 07:25 PM IST
Digital ecosystems: Who should finance what?
Three financing models dominate the discourse, and a combination of all three might help India address the gaps of financing in its fast growing digital space
Updated on Feb 21, 2022 08:11 PM IST
The end of Inspector Raj in India’s IT sector
The cadres of bureaucrats whose sole business it was to manage this obscure corner of the regulatory landscape will have to be disbanded and put to better use elsewhere.
Updated on Nov 06, 2020 07:15 PM IST
Rahul Matthan
How government policies are harming the IT sector | Opinion
India’s antiquated regulations have eroded the global competitiveness of the sector. Fix it urgently
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 07:42 PM IST
Rahul Matthan
Understand the flip side of data personalisation
The personal information we give up in order to improve our experience can, just as easily, be weaponised against us
Updated on Apr 05, 2018 04:37 PM IST
Rahul Matthan
Why the Competition Commission of India is wrong in penalising Google
All the search engine had done was devise a better, more intuitive way to organise search results in order to improve the user experience.
Updated on Feb 12, 2018 11:53 AM IST
Rahul Matthan
Shutting down Aadhaar is not the answer to the privacy question
Every time a new technology has offered new benefits it has, at the same time, had some impact on our current expectation of personal privacy. In every such instance, rather than being shut down, we amended our perceptions of privacy, amending our laws to address the concerns they posed, and establishing a new balance between the benefits that these new technologies provided and the harms that they could cause.
Published on Jan 22, 2018 07:20 PM IST
Rahul Matthan