The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), was enacted in August 2023; however, the Rules under this Act have yet to be notified. As such, until the Rules and the Data Protection Board are notified under this Act, we will continue to adhere to the existing legislation in...
As experts debate the good, bad and ugly of the proposed draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018, Puneet Bhasin, cyber law expert, explains why the Indian consumer needs to avoid the rabbit hole of opposing views. Credit: Cyberjure Legal Consulting / Maxkabakov / Getty I...
The Personal Data Protection Bill is a commendable step towards data protection in general and is very much needed at this time, especially when considering the contribution to global internet traffic from Indian territory. While it is essential to have a Data Regulation policy to protect the righ...
The article offers information about the comprehensive General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) framework in data protection, the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP Bill) adopts a simpler, and arguably, more simplistic approach to protecting personal data. It mention...
Evolution of the Privacy legal framework in India:India did not have a specific privacy law on personal data protection and the use of personal data has been governed as per the provisions of the Information Technology Act 2000. There are other laws namely Indian Penal Code 1...
India's omnibus data protection legislation, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("India's DPDPA"), was passed and gazetted in August 2023. Notably, it shares several common concepts...
(DPDP) Bill, 2023in the parliament. While it’s much needed for the country to have a data protection law protecting the right to privacy of citizens, rather than giving companies and the government a free pass to collect and process the personal data of citizens in any manner they wish,...
The Committee has sought public comments on questions relating to territorial applicability of data protection laws; extent to which the law should apply outside India such as inclusion of measures to ensure compliance by foreign entities; definition of personal data; categories of exemptions of entiti...
Your personal data belongs to you. We respect that. Whenever you want, you can decide whether you’re hap-py for us to use it. If you do take away your consent, we’ll stop using your personal data straight away, except where the law requires us to store it. It's worth knowing th...
“A DNA database can be useful, but it needs a regulatory backstop that India does not have. The DNA Tech bill should not come before the personal data protection bill,” he said.