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Nov 27, 2022 10:46 AM IST Speaking during an online discussion, the minister said the National Data Governance Framework Policy has provision for handling anonymisation of data — which is not part of the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022.
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Nov 23, 2022 03:12 PM IST The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 is a simpler and more easily understandable version in comparison to its predecessors — not only in terms of language, but also in terms of the obligations it sets to impose, and the structure it seeks to put in place
- Nov 23, 2022 11:58 AM IST
Keeping in mind the Government of India’s foremost objective of enabling a safe online environment for individuals, it appears that these penalties of up to Rs 500 crore have been prescribed as a deterrent
- Nov 22, 2022 05:03 PM IST
Protecting citizens’ privacy is a pre-eminent mandate of any data protection regime. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill appears to have departed farther away from that mandate
- Nov 22, 2022 09:50 AM IST
Where the Bill is fundamentally flawed is in the government’s refusal to explore any nuance in asserting the State’s absolute right to access anybody’s data
- Nov 21, 2022 12:20 PM IST
A major criticism of earlier drafts was the wide list of exemptions given to governmental authorities under the Act. It appears that such exemptions are continued under current draft
- Nov 18, 2022 07:43 PM IST
The government seems to have given itself a wide berth to legislate through Rules that don’t require parliamentary proceedings, say lawyers and digital activists
- Nov 18, 2022 03:13 PM IST
The draft personal data protection bill, issued in 2019, had proposed a penalty of Rs 15 crore or 4 per cent of the global turnover of an entity.
- Nov 18, 2022 03:04 PM IST
The interpretation section of the draft Personal Data Protection Bill stated, "In this Act... the pronouns “her” and “she” have been used for an individual, irrespective of gender."
- Nov 17, 2022 07:03 PM IST
Expect a world-class framework, some exceptions for the government, and financial penalties on misuse of data, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Personal Data Protection Bill
- Nov 15, 2022 11:32 AM IST
Rajeev Chandrasekhar made the remarks in response to reports that Google had agreed to pay $392 million in penalties for tracking the location of users who had logged out of Google apps.
- Sep 22, 2022 07:20 PM IST
Vaishnaw said the joint parliamentary committee which went through the original draft suggested 88 amendments to a bill of 91 sections, which led the government to decide that there was "no option" but to withdraw the original bill completely.
- Sep 19, 2022 10:40 AM IST
Also, the upcoming telecom bill will be introduced in the next 8-10 days, which has been drafted with the aim of being technology-neutral and ensuring user protection, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of electronics and information technology, and communications
- Sep 05, 2022 04:38 PM IST
Union minister in the electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw also said that the government will be floating a new telecom bill, and requested stakeholders to provide their suggestions on the draft
- Aug 08, 2022 12:01 PM IST
In drafting the new bill, the government has an existing model to look at and pick up what it wishes to. This is the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation
- Aug 04, 2022 06:03 PM IST
The latest version of the Bill included both personal and non-personal data in its ambit, which would be dealt with by a Data Protection Authority.
- Aug 03, 2022 05:42 PM IST
New Delhi, Aug 3 The government on Wednesday withdrew the Data Protection Bill from the Lok Sabha. The Bill was introduced on December 11, 2019..
- Aug 03, 2022 04:37 PM IST
The Centre told the members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee that a new Bill that fits into the comprehensive legal framework is being worked on.
- Jul 26, 2022 10:28 AM IST
India’s Data Protection Bill is designed to allow the government to get its hands on any data it demands without any problems
- Mar 04, 2022 06:52 PM IST
The industry associations have sought wider consultations with stakeholders before the bill is introduced in Parliament.
- Feb 23, 2022 03:02 PM IST
Some six-seven tricky issues need to be resolved and the government has sought feedback from states on the bill, the IT minister has said
- Dec 16, 2021 08:22 AM IST
The Bill, introduced in Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019 by the then Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, seeks to provide for protection of personal data of individuals and establishes a Data Protection Authority
- Nov 30, 2021 09:31 PM IST
PP Chaudhary, the chairman of the panel, will move the motion in Lok Sabha on December 1 seeking an extension till the last week of the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
- Nov 26, 2021 01:09 PM IST
The Joint Parliamentary Committee’s report on data protection brings no substantive change from the 2019 version of the proposed legislation
- Nov 26, 2021 07:47 AM IST
Moneycontrol had a discussion with Justice BN Srikrishna, who spearheaded the committee that came up with the first draft of the personal data protection bill in July 2018.
