Rajya Sabha passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 is poised to reshape how businesses handle personal data within India, says an analyst.
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LS passes Data Protection Bill; IT minister clarifies on exemptions to Centre, RTI
Opposition parties claim a provision of the bill grants censorship powers to the state.
Draft Data Protection Bill: Free pass to breach privacy
The latest data protection bill doesn't recognise the right to privacy, provides no checks against its breach by government agencies, provides for an unformed executive-controlled board for oversight.
Draft Data Protection Bill: From policy paralysis to toothlessness
Draft Bill misses key provision of data processing that truly empowered the government to implement the Digital Personal Data Protection Act
Draft personal data protection bill proposes up to ₹500 cr penalty
The draft bill prescribes a penalty of up to ₹250 crore for failure of a company to take reasonable security safeguards to prevent personal data breach.
India's Digital Policy Paralysis
Despite being the IT powerhouse of the world, lack of digital legislation has put the country's cyber defence under threat.
Data Protection framework to be tabled during the budget session in February
The data protection bill which was first introduced in the Parliament in 2019, aimed to tighten the scrutiny across social media platforms.
Hefty penalty, ring-fencing govt in Data Protection Bill: All you need to know!
Panel recommendations call for companies to cough up 2% of global turnover as penalty for minor offences and 5% for major contraventions
Why India needs a data privacy law
India’s draft data privacy bill may not be everything that stakeholders hoped for, but experts say there is a need to pass the bill.
Data privacy: How secure is secure?
There is an urgent need to understand some best practices which organisations within India can adopt to mitigate data privacy risks.
