Draft health data management policy released for public feedback
4 years, 3 months ago

Draft health data management policy released for public feedback

The Hindu  

The National Health Authority has released the Draft Health Data Management Policy of the National Digital Health Mission in the public domain. NHA Chief Executive Officer Indu Bhushan said, “The draft is the maiden step in realising the NDHM’s guiding principle of ‘Security and Privacy by Design’ for the protection of individuals’ data privacy. It encompasses various aspects pertaining to health data such as data privacy, consent management, data sharing and protection etc.” The Hindu Explains | How will a centralised electronic medical records tool help to monitor trends about COVID-19? One of the main objectives of the draft policy is to provide adequate guidance and to set out a framework for the secure processing of personal and sensitive personal data of individuals who are a part of the national digital health ecosystem.

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How safe is our personal health data with the Indian government? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 1 month ago

How safe is our personal health data with the Indian government? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Just about a month ago, Rescurity, an American cyber security firm, said that personal information of 815 million Indians was being sold on the dark web. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences – AIIMS in Delhi has also been hit by cyber attacks – in one ransomware case, the hackers took over the servers, encrypted the data, and made …

Experts wary as data bill set to be tabled
1 year, 4 months ago

Experts wary as data bill set to be tabled

Hindustan Times  

The government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 in Parliament on Thursday, according to the Lok Sabha website’s list of business, kicking off a process that experts said needs careful deliberations since draft versions of the legislation had several problems. The bill is meant to lay down guardrails so that digital personal data of Indian citizens is …

Data Protection Bill | Granting government exemption causes great concern, says Justice Srikrishna
1 year, 5 months ago

Data Protection Bill | Granting government exemption causes great concern, says Justice Srikrishna

The Hindu  

“The provisions granting exemption to the government and government bodies from all sections of the law in the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, cause “great concern,” says Justice B.N. The Union Cabinet on July 5 cleared the Bill that essentially allows laypersons to complain to the Data Protection Board of India, consisting of technical experts constituted by the …

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill likely to get approval from Cabinet today
1 year, 5 months ago

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill likely to get approval from Cabinet today

Live Mint  

The draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022 is likely to get an approval from the Union Cabinet today i.e. “The Cabinet is expected to take up the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 on Wednesday and once it gets the approval, the Bill will be tabled in the upcoming Parliament session,” a senior government official requesting anonymity …

Explained: Can the National Data Governance Policy be a gamechanger?
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained: Can the National Data Governance Policy be a gamechanger?

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 01, 2023 20:25 IST During her Union Budget speech on February 1, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government will bring a National Data Governance policy, which will simplify the KYC process while anonymising individual data. While presenting the 2023-24 Union Budget, Sitharaman said, “National Data Governance Policy to be brought out, will enable access to …

Draft Data Protection Bill Is A Common Person's Delight; Still Trows Up More Confusing Questions
2 years ago

Draft Data Protection Bill Is A Common Person's Delight; Still Trows Up More Confusing Questions

Live Law  

All must be familiar with the timeline leading up to the new draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, released last week for public comments. Obliterating the Idea of Compensation The earlier draft had a provision on compensation for data breaches in line with the European law and section 43A of the Information Technology Act which makes a body corporate liable …

Persisting issues: The Hindu Editorial on the new data protection bill
2 years, 1 month ago

Persisting issues: The Hindu Editorial on the new data protection bill

The Hindu  

A new draft of the much-awaited data protection Bill, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022, is now open for public comments. The new draft, unlike the 2018 version, does not refer to key data protection principles such as collection limitation — obligations on the data fiduciaries to collect only such personal data that is required for the purpose of …

Open in Safe Mode: How New Data Protection Bill Looks at 'Safety, Trust, Accountability’
2 years, 1 month ago

Open in Safe Mode: How New Data Protection Bill Looks at 'Safety, Trust, Accountability’

News 18  

The government on November 18 released the draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill, aiming to provide a framework for a strict user-consent regime for data processing, as well as a penalty of up to Rs 500 crore for data breaches by social media and internet companies. However, the government released the ‘Explanatory Note on Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, …

What the draft data bill entails
2 years, 1 month ago

What the draft data bill entails

Hindustan Times  

The Union government, on Friday, proposed a new version of the data privacy law, which has been at least four years in the making. Uploaded for public consultations, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, is expected to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament. The proposed legislation is a successor to the Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019, …

Revised personal data protection bill proposes hefty fines, eases cross-border data flow
2 years, 1 month ago

Revised personal data protection bill proposes hefty fines, eases cross-border data flow

The Hindu  

The Centre’s significantly shortened and revised draft Bill on personal data protection proposes a hefty increase in penalty amounts up to ₹500 crore, while also easing rules on cross-border data flows, in a big relief for large tech firms. The revised draft — now called The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 — comes just over three months after its …

No central storage of data, onus on hospitals to keep it safe: NHA chief
2 years, 2 months ago

No central storage of data, onus on hospitals to keep it safe: NHA chief

Hindustan Times  

There will be no central vault to store health data of patients who use Ayushman Bharat Health Account numbers, with the onus being on affiliated hospitals to store and protect the data, National Health Authority chief RS Sharma said in an interview to HT. India’s health data management policy acts as a guiding document for the national digital health ecosystem, …

Govt to bring in data protection law soon: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
2 years, 3 months ago

Govt to bring in data protection law soon: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Live Mint  

India will replace the IT Act with a Digital India Act, comprising a modern framework of laws and rules that will act as catalysts for innovation and protecting citizen's rights, said Rajeev Chandrashekhar, minister of state for electronics and information technology. Speaking at the USIBC India Ideas summit, he said that the government will bring a fresh comprehensive legislative framework …

Why grassroots boost for India’s digital health dreams is need of the hour
2 years, 5 months ago

Why grassroots boost for India’s digital health dreams is need of the hour

Firstpost  

On 27 September 2021, the Central government launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission to enable digitisation of medical records, which patients can then access on their smartphones. For example, Section 24 of the HDMP provides for health facility auditors ‘to verify that the services offered by the health facility are the same as claimed by such facility during the registration …

Weighing in on a health data retention plan
2 years, 10 months ago

Weighing in on a health data retention plan

The Hindu  

In a welcome development, the National Health Authority — the body responsible for administering the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission — has initiated a consultation process on the retention of health data by health-care providers in India. For instance, the consultation paper asks whether the health data retention policy should be made applicable only to health-care providers who are participating in …

3 Reasons Why the JPC Report on Data Protection Should Worry Us All
3 years ago

3 Reasons Why the JPC Report on Data Protection Should Worry Us All

The Quint  

On Thursday, 16 December, a joint parliamentary committee finally tabled its report on the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 in both Houses of Parliament, which means that India might finally get its long-overdue data protection law in the ongoing winter session. Although there is an urgent need for such a law to protect our data, especially in the digital age …

Data Protection Bill Provides Safeguards against Private Actors; State Gets Broad Exemptions
3 years ago

Data Protection Bill Provides Safeguards against Private Actors; State Gets Broad Exemptions

News 18  

The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which has now been more than three years in the making, will presumably see progress with the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Bill tabling its report in the Parliament this Winter Session. The fundamental way in which the Personal Data Protection Bill provides for these protections is by embodying the principle of informational autonomy …

Data Protection Bill Rooted in User Rights & Privacy Will Ensure Success of Digital Health Mission
3 years, 1 month ago

Data Protection Bill Rooted in User Rights & Privacy Will Ensure Success of Digital Health Mission

News 18  

Digital healthcare is a promising prospect. The proposed Personal Data Protection bill categorises health data as sensitive personal data, which would mean that there are enhanced protections in place that would grant more rights to the data principals and place more obligation on the data fiduciaries. The ABDM’s Health Data Management Policy distinguishes between EHRs, EMRs, personal data, and sensitive …

A closer look at the draft Data Protection Bill
3 years, 1 month ago

A closer look at the draft Data Protection Bill

The Hindu  

The story so far : The Joint Parliamentary Committee constituted to examine India’s proposed data protection law, the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, released its report on Monday. For instance, the JPC notes that the European GDPR, commonly seen as the pinnacle of data protection regulation worldwide, exempts from its ambit certain types of processing carried out in public interest. …

Personal Data Protection Bill: Govt Committed to Protecting Privacy of Individuals, Says IT Min
3 years, 1 month ago

Personal Data Protection Bill: Govt Committed to Protecting Privacy of Individuals, Says IT Min

News 18  

The government is fully committed to protecting the privacy of individuals and the data protection bill will further strengthen the legal framework around privacy, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday. The data protection bill will further strengthen that legal framework,” Vaishnaw said while speaking at an event to inaugurate the three-day workshop ‘Aadhaar 2.0’. The minister, however, did not …

JPC Adopts Draft Of Personal Data Protection Bill, To Be Tabled In Winter Parliament Session
3 years, 1 month ago

JPC Adopts Draft Of Personal Data Protection Bill, To Be Tabled In Winter Parliament Session

ABP News  

New Delhi: Joint Parliamentary Committee held a meeting regarding the Personal Data Protection Bill today as reported by ANI. The JPC adopted the draft report of the Joint Committee on The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 by a majority in the meeting and it will be tabled in the upcoming Parliament session. The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019, which deals …

14 Cr Health IDs Created, Scheme Will Help Get Faster, Affordable Care: Digital Health Mission Head
3 years, 1 month ago

14 Cr Health IDs Created, Scheme Will Help Get Faster, Affordable Care: Digital Health Mission Head

News 18  

India has generated around 14 crore health IDs under the National Digital Health Mission, a scheme that will enable Indians to create and access digital health records. According to the mission’s head, Dr RS Sharma, chief executive officer at the National Health Authority, the programme has shown “good progress” since its national roll-out by Prime Minister Modi on September 27. …

Explained | What are the concerns of digital health mission?
3 years, 2 months ago

Explained | What are the concerns of digital health mission?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, launched on September 27, aims to give every citizen a unique digital health ID, which involves their health records being digitally protected and making health a “holistic and inclusive model”. The ID can also be made by self-registration on the portal, downloading the ABMD Health Records app on one’s mobile or …

A scheme before its time: The Hindu Editorial on digital health mission
3 years, 2 months ago

A scheme before its time: The Hindu Editorial on digital health mission

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the National Digital Health Mission, the most salient aspect of which is that all citizens will have the option of voluntarily opting for a Health ID, a 14-digit health identification number that will uniquely identify every citizen and will be a repository of their medical history. India’s federal structure, the size of its population …

Digital Health Mission Launch: This is How Your Health ID Will Help Maintain Medical Records
3 years, 2 months ago

Digital Health Mission Launch: This is How Your Health ID Will Help Maintain Medical Records

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the nationwide rollout of the National Digital Health Mission, a scheme that will enable Indians to create and access digital health records. “PM Narendra Modi ji to announce nationwide rollout of Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission on September 27. “This kind of digital communication will render cost effective services through access to large …

Digital Health ID Not Mandatory for Covid Vaccine, Health Ministry Clarifies Day after PM's Statement
4 years, 2 months ago

Digital Health ID Not Mandatory for Covid Vaccine, Health Ministry Clarifies Day after PM's Statement

News 18  

A digital health identity would not be mandatory to get vaccinated in the future against coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry’s clarification came during its weekly briefing on the COVID-19 situation in India, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India will make use of the new digital health ID’s under National Digital Health …

Personal Data Protection Bill likely to be tabled in Parliament in Budget session
4 years, 2 months ago

Personal Data Protection Bill likely to be tabled in Parliament in Budget session

The Hindu  

The Personal Data Protection Bill, which proposes to put restriction on use of personal data without explicit consent of citizens, is likely to be tabled in the next year’s Budget session of Parliament, according to a source. “The time for the joint committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill has been extended to the second week of the winter session. …

Personal Data Protection Bill Likely to Be Tabled in Parliament in Budget Session
4 years, 2 months ago

Personal Data Protection Bill Likely to Be Tabled in Parliament in Budget Session

News 18  

The Personal Data Protection Bill, which proposes to put restriction on use of personal data without explicit consent of citizens, is likely to be tabled in the next year’s Budget session of Parliament, according to a source. “The time for the joint committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill has been extended to the second week of the winter session. …

Centre Frames Draft Policy on Data Privacy Under National Digital Health Mission
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre Frames Draft Policy on Data Privacy Under National Digital Health Mission

News 18  

To safeguard confidential health data collected from people under the National Digital Health Mission, the government has proposed a framework and a set of minimum standards for data privacy protection to be followed across the board in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The draft policy mainly seeks to set out a framework for "secure processing of personal and sensitive …

National Digital Health Mission Rolled Out on Pilot Mode in Six Union Territories
4 years, 4 months ago

National Digital Health Mission Rolled Out on Pilot Mode in Six Union Territories

News 18  

The ambitious National Digital Health Mission, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, under which every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services has been rolled out on a pilot mode in six union territories. In his Independence Day address, the prime minister said that under NDHM every Indian citizen will get a …

Digital Health Mission a voluntary, central repository of records: Ministry
4 years, 4 months ago

Digital Health Mission a voluntary, central repository of records: Ministry

The Hindu  

The National Digital Health Mission aims to ‘liberate’ citizens from the challenges of finding the right doctors, seeking appointment with them, payment of consultation fee, making several rounds of hospitals for prescription sheets, the Health Ministry said in a statement. The National Health Authority, the attached office of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare which runs the Ayushman Bharat …

PM Modi Launches National Digital Health Mission in I-Day Speech. Here’s All You Need to Know About It
4 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi Launches National Digital Health Mission in I-Day Speech. Here’s All You Need to Know About It

News 18  

Two years after the flagship Ayushman Bharat scheme was launched, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday rolled out the National Digital Health Mission from the majestic Red Fort as he delivered his seventh straight Independence Day speech. What does the National Digital Health Blueprint say about consent for providing access to personal health records? The mission will be a completely …

PM Modi launches National Digital Health Mission
4 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi launches National Digital Health Mission

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the National Digital Health Mission, while addressing the nation from Red Fort on India's 74th Independence Day. The National Digital Health Blueprint of the mission was prepared by a health ministry panel to create a framework for the national health stack proposed in 2018 by the NITI Aayog, the government think tank. The …

Regulatory cobwebs threaten to scupper India's data economy: A closer look at threats, opportunities
4 years, 4 months ago

Regulatory cobwebs threaten to scupper India's data economy: A closer look at threats, opportunities

Firstpost  

In its attempt to extract the maximum value from the data economy, the government must resist the temptation to be overzealous in regulation. To further the scope of data regulation, the Government of India has been working on the Personal Data Protection Bill for regulation of personal data, formed a committee to advise on regulation of non-personal data and also …

Share public data with the public
4 years, 5 months ago

Share public data with the public

The Hindu  

The unsatisfactory state of India’s data collection and processing system is among the many systemic deficiencies exposed by the pandemic. In general, on every issue encountered during the last three months, from the migrants’s travails to the inadequate fiscal package, lack of reliable data in the public domain has hampered the search for policy alternatives. Making data accessible In India, …

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