Page 3 - Bill On Personal Data Protection

Govt should rethink several clauses of draft data bill: Justice Srikrishna

Raises concerns about independence of data protection board under protocols in the present draft

What do unique terms in the data protection bill mean?

The govt came out with a revised version of the Personal Data Protection Bill. While finer points of the Bill are being debated, let's examine the key terms used in it that should be known by us all

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Data Bill may not lead to India joining e-commerce deal at WTO

India has so far stayed out of a group of 87 countries, including the US, European Union, China, and Japan that are negotiating trade-related aspects on e-commerce since December 2017

Draft DPDP skips 'Right to Privacy', gives govt unchecked powers: CUTS

The draft Digital Personal Data Protection bill has skipped "Right to Privacy" in the preamble and provides unrestrained powers to the government, advocacy group CUTS International has claimed. CUTS said that the draft weakens the regulatory, supervisory, and enforcement architecture by replacing the previously proposed data protection regulator with a board that will be directly in control of the government. "Moving away from its previous version, the bill skips mention of the fundamental right to privacy in its preamble and narrows the scope of the law from data protection to digital personal data protection excluding non-personal data, which is rather desirable. In doing so, the bill takes away the categorisation of personal data, especially sensitive personal data, thereby painting all personal data with the same regulatory brush," CUTS said in a statement. The preamble of the draft Personal Data Protection Act 2018 mentioned of "right to privacy" as "a fundamental right and it

In a first, India uses 'she', 'her' to refer to all genders in draft law

The draft Digital Personal Protection Bill, 2022, which has been put up for public consultation on Friday, finds mention of the two pronouns.

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Draft personal data protection Bill: Penalties may range up to Rs 250 crore

Updated legislation allows data to be transferred to 'trusted geographies' listed by the government

70% respondents want data protection bill to drop localisation rule: Survey

New legislation should clearly define nature of datasets, respondents say

Why does India not have a data protection bill yet?

The government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 from the Parliament on Wednesday, while promising to come back with a new draft. Why is India still waiting for a data protection law?

'We had two options: Complex law or start with clean slate': MoS IT

'Non-personal data is the raw material for AI. If you start having a regulator sit on top of it, it will impact the growth of the sector', said Chandrasekhar

New data protection Bill must consider all criticism: Justice Srikrishna

Former judge headed panel that drafted the legislation which the government withdrew yesterday

Personal data protection bill: IT industry seeks part in consultation

IT industry players have appreciated the government's move to withdraw the personal data protection bill and have sought participation in the consultation process for the fresh draft.

Centre withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill, industry disappointed

'Comprehensive' legislation to come, says minister

Govt withdraws Data Protection Bill, 2021, will present new legislation

The Bill has been withdrawn to provide for a new bill in the light of the recommendations made by the Joint Committee of Parliament

Including non-personal data in proposed bill will be premature: Report

A bill on protecting personal data may come up before Parliament's monsoon session

RBI likely to introduce a comprehensive IT outsourcing framework

Move could be in sync with new privacy Bill

India's personal data protection bill may threaten innovation, growth: USTR

The USTR said patent issues continue to be of concern in India

India's data localisation rules to be a barrier to digital trade: US

'In the absence of any standalone trade secret legislation, there is little recourse for firms in the event of misappropriation of their sensitive information,' the report says

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