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Data Protection Bill: Formulation and empowerment of the enforcement authority must be done right

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Data Protection Bill: Formulation and empowerment of the enforcement authority must be done right

[ad_1] 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 ...

Personal Data Protection Bill cleared by government; set to be tabled in Monsoon session of Parliament: Report

[ad_1] The Personal Data Protection Bill has been cleared by the PM Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet today. The next step towards passing it into law will be taken when it is tabled in the Monsoon session of Parliament. This was reported by CNBC Awaaz quoting its own sources.The data protection bill is the same as the one revealed by the BJP-led NDA government in November, 2023 barring minor alterations. The bill had been put out for public consultation. The Bill is directed at protecting the privacy of an individual in the digital age. This comes after a 2018 bill on data protection, which was formulated by Justice BN Srikrishna Committee, came under criticism for being complicated and putting high responsibility on the industry for data localization. Personal Data Protection Bill clea...

India’s data protection bill will be ‘simple and modern’

[ad_1] The new personal data protection bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament in February next year. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that the new data protection bill will be "very simple and modern". He said the right to privacy and data protection are fundamental rights in India and the data protection bill will be very progressive in recognising and enshrining these rights. The minister made the remarks while speaking at the event CyFY2022, organised by Observer Research Foundation (ORF). The new personal data protection bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament during the budget session of Parliament in February next year. The Centre in August withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021 and said it would b...