ADIF update: How the Data Protection Bill will impact your business, CCI to finish Google probe in 60 days, and more

Our work and activities and the latest highlights from the Indian startup ecosystem.

ADIF’s work and latest activities

CCI plans to complete its probe into Google Play Store policy within 60 days. The Competition Commission of India recently gave an assurance that they will complete the ongoing investigation against Google within 60 days. In December, Google had filed a writ petition in the Karnataka high court seeking interim relief from the ongoing investigation by the CCI on implementing new Play Store policies.

Further, Google confirmed to the court its cooperation with the investigation and the withdrawal of their petition.

Sijo Kuruvilla @sijokuruvilla

Welcome developments across the board. ✅ Mandatory billing policy enforcement deferred. ✅ CCI investigation slated to be complete and verdict / report out in 60 days. ✅ Google directed to cooperate with the investigation by the Court.

The Fineprint @BQthefineprint

Google Play Billing System to be enforced only by October 31, 2022, company tells Karnataka High Court in ongoing investigation by CCI. Background: https://t.co/QHS9EDabvv https://t.co/xbyAHDVeHS

Read ADIF’s full statement on the development here.

Do you know how the Data Protection Bill is going to impact your business? ADIF’s Executive Director, Sijo Kuruvilla George will be speaking at a MediaNama event focused on 'Decoding India’s Data Protection Bill.'

The two day virtual conference is aimed at helping businesses make sense of the Data Protection Bill, 2021 with key insights from experts including lawyers, policy professionals and lawmakers.

Date: January 19-20, 2022
Time: 2-6 PM IST

You can register for the conference here.

Celebrating our alliance members

ADIF @adif_India

Congratulations to @STAGEdotin and its founders @vinaykrsinghal, @shashank_WF and @parveenksinghal for crossing 60,000 paying subscribers on the Indian language content platform. #stage #ott #startupindia #digitalindia

Want your wins to be featured on ADIF’s social media? Share them with Amanat at amanat@adif.in.

Updates from the ecosystem

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That’s all for this week, thank you for reading!

We look forward to your feedback to improve this newsletter and make it more relevant to you. You can e-mail me at amanat@adif.in.

Regards,
Amanat Khullar
Content & Editorial, ADIF