Data Protection Bill: Formulation and empowerment of the enforcement authority must be done right
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The Union Cabinet has given its approval to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill today, multiple reports have confirmed. The aim of the bill is to protect the data of citizens and hold accountable business entities handling the same.Notably, personal data protection in India has been neglected for too long. My personal data was leaked in Domino's Pizza breach as well as Big Basket Breach back in 2020, but in the absence of a personal data protection bill, these organizations could not be held to account for their inability to secure customer data. While the European Union has adopted GDPR and enforced it very diligently, India has been way behind. The various versions of data protection bills have been in circulation for the last 5 years, and eventually now a version ...