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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Lok Sabha to consider Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 today
The bill seeks to ensure that processing of digital personal data should ensure individual’s right to safeguard their personal information.
Why protecting privacy remains a challenge in India
For six years, the country hasn't passed the law to protect privacy while private data is stolen from web portals
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 gives absolute discretion to executive, says NGO
CUTS International says the bill takes away the categorisation of personal data, especially sensitive personal data, thereby painting all personal data with the same regulatory brush.
Personal data breach rampant across banks, finance cos
The results of a national-level online survey suggest that six out of ten respondents experienced personal data breach by their loan service providers in India.
Saving private data
India doesn’t have any law to protect personal data. But the proposed privacy law has more than its fair share of positives.
