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Report on Personal Data Protection Bill report adopted by Parliamentary panel; Know its features
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Report on Personal Data Protection Bill report adopted by Parliamentary panel; Know its features

[ad_1] On Wednesday, July 27, a report on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP or PDP) was adopted by a 31-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, headed by MP Prataprao Jadhav. This comes after the Union cabinet, headed by PM Narendra Modi, had cleared the draft of the 2023 version of the bill on July 5. The bill is yet to be tabled in the Parliament itself. The bill aims to safeguard personal data and improve overall data security in India. Let us take a look at basic features.Digital Personal Data Protection Bill: FeaturesThe Bill proposes an enormous domain of governance allowing the processing of digital personal data within India where such data is collected online, or collected offline and is digitized. It will also apply t...
Digital Data Protection Bill: Check top 6 principles
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Digital Data Protection Bill: Check top 6 principles

[ad_1] Digital Personal Data Protection Bill frames out the rights and duties of the citizen on one hand and the Obligations to use collected data lawfully. The Digital Data Protection Bill, which the Central government is working on, is likely to be introduced in the upcoming Budget Session of 2023-24.The Bill is currently in its draft stage and has been placed in the public domain for consultation. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill is legislation that frames out the rights and duties of the citizen (Digital Nagrik) on one hand and the Obligations to use collected data lawfully of the Data Fiduciary on the other hand. The bill is based on the following principles around the Data Economy: The first principle is that the collection and usage of personal data by organisations mu...