The Indian Parliament will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill during the ongoing monsoon session. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, which was initially proposed in November, is set to be presented during the Monsoon Session of Parliament starting on July 20. In November 2022, the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, was made publicly available by …
The new draft of the data protection bill was released on November 18, and has attracted both praise and criticism, the first for its light-touch and technology agnostic approach to regulating a dynamic space, and the second for the significant exemptions it grants to governments and government agencies when it comes to using the data of individuals. First, the structure, …
Earlier this month, the government released the Digital Data Protection Bill of 2022, and asked for public comments. The government said this iteration provides a progressive and adequate legal framework for data protection in India; and, in particular, having listened to industry critiques of the draft Personal Data Protection Bill of 2018, it has removed onerous provisions regarding the storage …