Protection from Data Protection Authority

Parliament has to reconcile the twin challenge of protecting people not just from data fiduciaries, but also from the protector itself

The Personal Data Protection Bill (Bill) was introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2019 and referred to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC). The JPC submitted its report recently. The original Bill was aimed at protecting personal data. The JPC felt that it is impossible to distinguish between personal and non-personal data. Hence, it recommended that the Bill should provide for the protection of all data, and it is now recommended to become the Data Protection Bill.

Experts have commented on domain issues dealt with in the Bill and the report. This piece will focus on an important but less discussed