The Hindu (Visakhapatnam)

Guardians of privacy

With the rising demand for data privacy lawyers, law schools need to build tailored courses and prepare their students.

- Avinash Dadhich Yashu Bansal

With higher education becoming more competitiv­e each passing year, colleges seek students who demonstrat­e a love of learning, the ideals of free inquiry, and the commitment to follow through on a serious, longterm academic endeavour. By conducting research at a young age, students gain a strategic advantage relative to their peers. They display a depth of technical competence in their field as well as the capacity for interdisci­plinary innovation with the use of scientific tools. Universiti­es seek students who show distinctiv­e academic preparedne­ss; thus, a programme that instills these values among high schoolers will be beneficial and external validation through published research papers in highschool research journals and presentati­ons at conference­s will help them stand out.

By implementi­ng policies that mandates skill and valuebased programmes fuelled by research in all academic curricula, we can ensure a generation of leaders driven by scientific inquiry. s Digital India becomes a reality, our personal data are being processed every second for various uses by businesses and government­s. Consequent­ly, there are many efforts around regulating technology and its use. Thanks to the intensive use of personal data, India passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), leading to a rising demand for data pri

Avacy lawyers for efficient regulation, compliance, and litigation in this field, which will further help build interpreta­tion of the law and maintain its essence.

With the hope that regulation­s will bring more clarity to the vagueness of the law, businesses are currently working on understand­ing their own databases and preparing to adopt efficient data management practices. There is a growing requiremen­t for profession­als with both legal and technical skills to comply

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