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NEURAL DATA UNDER THE DPDP ACT: RETHINKING PROTECTION UNDER INDIA’S DATA PROTECTION REGIME
I. Introduction On 5th November 2025, UNESCO adopted the world’s first standard on neurotechnology ethics. It defined neural data as qualitative and quantitative information about the structure, activity, and function of the nervous system gathered through neurotechnology. This data consists of direct measures, such as electroencephalography signals, as well as indirect indicators that help infer mental states, including eye tracking, voice analysis, typing patterns, and phys
Ujjwal Gupta
Jun 258 min read


Invisible Cartels in Digital Markets: Algorithmic Pricing and the Limits of Competition Law
By Siddhant Krishnakumar Jaiswal Assistant Legal Manager, IDBI Bank Ltd, Abstract Keywords: Algorithmic collusion; Competition Act 2002; Competition Commission of India (CCI); Cartels; Tacit coordination; AI pricing. The prompt adoption of autonomous pricing algorithms has shaken foundational assumptions of cartel enforcement. Such systems can generate prices that remain persistently higher than what a competitive market can produce, while avoiding any express human agreement
Siddhant Krishnakumar Jaiswal
Jun 76 min read


The Shrinking Safe Harbour: Reading the Latest IT Amendments
By Aditya Bhardwaj and Aarav Kumar Introduction Recently, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) introduced changes to intermediary regulation that, although framed as protecting users, significantly overhauled the intermediary guidelines. Synthetic Content Amendment to the IT Rules, 2021, reinforces due diligence obligations of the SMIs (Social Media Intermediaries) and SSMIs (Significant Social Media Intermediaries). It fine-tunes the statutory ma
CICTL Faculty Head
Jun 76 min read


THE UPI FRAUD LATTICE
by Sumit Chaudhary and Dhruv Gurnani from CNLU, Patna INTRODUCTION The growth of UPI is an indication of the volume of transactions and the arrival of a layered and interoperable national payment lattice. Its architectural options generate network effects like crucial digital utilities. As per NPCI UPI Product Statistics, it shows that its system has processed 20.008 billion transactions in August 2025, with a value of ₹24.85 lakh crore. This structural shift is strengthened
CICTL Faculty Head
Jan 266 min read
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