What is Personal Data Protection Bill ?

The first codification of the fundamental right to privacy as affirmed by the Supreme Court, the Personal Data Protection Bill aims to provide individuals protect their personal data privacy and keep their fundamental rights whose personal data are processed, along with creating a framework for measures in the processing of data and remedies for unauthorised and harmful content. To achieve these, the Bill proposes to build the Data Protection Authority of India.

 

Introduction of Personal Data Protection Bill

 

Introduced by Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in 2017 set up a committee to check on issues