Author: corridalegal

India’s cross-border investment regime has evolved into a structured blend of liberalised FDI policies, national-security controls, and sector-specific regulations. This article breaks down the key legal rules under FEMA, sectoral caps, approval routes, tax considerations, and compliance requirements that global investors must navigate before entering the Indian market.

India’s DPDP Act and Europe’s GDPR share a common goal of protecting personal data, but differ in scope and structure. While GDPR offers broader flexibility, the DPDP Act focuses on digital data, consent, and accountability. For global businesses, GDPR compliance alone isn’t enough; adapting to India’s DPDP is essential for full privacy readiness.

SaaS Legal Risks for Indian Startups: Understanding Contracts and Compliance SaaS has not only changed how Indian start-ups operate, build, and scale, but also the way they operate. SaaS applications have become the new foundation of just about every aspect of the workflow of a young company, whether it is in HR tools, accounting platforms, cloud-based CRM, etc. But this ease of signing up and using can be expensive, and legal vulnerability is buried in fine print in the typical SaaS contract. Most founders believe that there will be nothing bad about accepting the conditions of service or signing a…

In the dynamic digital landscape of India, startups feed on the data of their customers, be it on the e-commerce platform, SaaS tools or mobile apps. It is this reliance on individual information that has introduced a new era of accountability in the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDP Act). The legislation brings in a regulated system that controls the manner in which companies gather, store, and manipulate digitally personal data. In the case of emerging businesses, DPDP Act Compliance ensures that Startups have no longer a choice, but a necessary compliance requirement. DPDP Act Compliance to Startups framework…