INTRODUCTION In August 2023, in a landmark move, the Indian legislature approved the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA). The Act sought to protect personal data of citizens from unauthorised processing. The Act was considered as the first step towards a more robust data protection legal landscape in India but the delay in the publication of Rules made it difficult for data fiduciaries to start complying with the...

Introduction On 25 October 2025, the Madras High Court passed a landmark verdict which jurisprudentially analysed the qualification of cryptocurrency to be property under Indian law. The dispute arose after the applicant was aggrieved by redistribution of her XRP coins following a cyber-attack which resulted in a loss of around 230 Million US Dollars for the respondent. The respondent froze the crypto account of the applicant which prevented...

The First International Convention on Cybercrime On October 25, 2025, the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime was opened for signature. The Convention was widely accepted and signed by 72 countries. Though concerns have been raised by human rights groups about provisions regarding surveillance, collections and sharing of data, the Convention is a landmark step insofar as it aims to facilitate international cooperation in prosecuting cybercrimes. The Convention criminalizes...