Personal Data Protection Bill

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL NEWS

Govt ignored Niti red flag that data protection law could weaken RTI

September 29, 2024 8:06 pm

Niti’s concern: Disclosure of personal info of public officials may not be possible in larger public interest too

Data protection rules Centre’s top priority, consultation soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw

June 16, 2024 7:28 am

Last year, Parliament passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 after several previous iterations of the bill went through a number of deliberations over the span of over half a decade.

In digital Bill, Govt may ban some new tech citing user harm, security

September 29, 2023 1:28 pm

While the government is still considering the emerging technologies that it wants to regulate, solutions like blockchain and metaverse are understood to be on its radar.

No, data isn’t the new oil – Data Protection Bill needs to realise that

September 27, 2023 12:15 pm

Excessive focus on economic value presumes that all data can be generated and harvested, and valued only economically. This betrays the fact that data is embodied

Your personal data online: Five key questions answered

September 17, 2023 6:54 am

This is how your interaction with various apps will change as a result of the personal data framework law coming into force.

MoS IT on concerns around Digital Personal Data Protection Act: There will be checks & balances to ensure personal data is not misused

August 14, 2023 8:50 am

On Saturday, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 was published in the official gazette after receiving the President’s assent on Friday, making India one of the final democracies in the world to have a regulatory framework for privacy.

Lok Sabha passes personal data protection Bill

August 08, 2023 9:53 am

Oppn raises concern, says Bill tilted towards Centre; minister says it's meant to save digital data of 140 crore Indians.

Data Protection Bill tabled in Lok Sabha amid Oppn demand for referring it to House panel

August 03, 2023 3:51 pm

This is India’s second attempt at framing a privacy legislation, and comes after at least three previous iterations of a data protection law have been considered, and shelved, by the government.

Greater control for Centre, censorship provision likely to be part of data protection Bill

August 03, 2023 10:00 am

The draft DPDP Bill, 2023, is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament on Thursday in what would be India’s second attempt at framing a privacy legislation, six years after the Supreme Court declared privacy as a fundamental right.

Remit I-T panel report on Data Protection Bill, Brittas writes to Dhankhar, Birla

July 31, 2023 2:20 am

The MP, who is a member of the Standing Committee quoted provisions in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Rules and said that the Standing Committees are explicitly prohibited from “examining any Bills that have not been referred to them by the Chairman or the Speaker after their introduction in either House”.

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