Tech & Privacy

Technology-driven businesses face a growing and distinct body of legal obligations, spanning data privacy, intellectual property, software licensing, cybersecurity liability, and platform regulation. As technology becomes central to almost every business model, specialist legal support in this area is no longer the preserve of large enterprises. Our technology law practice provides businesses with end-to-end legal coverage across their technology operations, from the contracts that govern their commercial relationships to the compliance frameworks that protect their users and underpin their regulatory standing.

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 establishes a comprehensive statutory framework governing the collection, processing, and storage of personal data, with significant obligations for data fiduciaries and meaningful rights for data principals. Businesses that have not mapped their data flows and assessed their compliance posture face increasing regulatory risk as the Act's provisions come into force. We advise on DPDP Act compliance across its full scope, legal bases for data processing, consent management design, privacy notices, data processor agreements, grievance redressal mechanisms, and breach notification obligations. For businesses also subject to GDPR or other international privacy frameworks, we provide integrated multi-jurisdictional advice that avoids duplicative compliance effort.

The agreements governing technology relationships, software licences, SaaS agreements, API integration agreements, development contracts, and data sharing arrangements, are among the most consequential a technology business will sign. Poorly drafted technology contracts routinely result in IP ownership disputes, service liability exposure, and costly termination conflicts. We draft and negotiate technology agreements that address ownership of deliverables, licence scope and restrictions, service levels and remedies, data handling obligations, liability allocation, and exit mechanics with precision and commercial clarity.

For businesses whose competitive advantage lies in their technology, processes, or brand, intellectual property protection is a commercial priority, not just a legal nicety. We advise on patent strategy, trade mark registration domestically and internationally, copyright ownership, and the drafting of confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-compete arrangements that are enforceable in practice.