Personal Data Protection Bill

The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July. A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar fixed the matter for hearing in August.

The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July.

India’s much awaited Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB) has bagged a thumbs up from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology this month. A senior government official has said that the upcoming data protection bill will change the way that people’s personal data is being harvested by companies.

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Monday hailed the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 while stating that it had struck the right balance between protecting the interests of the data principals while leaving enough room for tech start-ups to innovate and grow. The industry body also expressed concerns over 'ambi...

The government's proposed Digital Personal Data Protection bill 2022 are likely to make it harder for companies to invest in data centres.

While speaking at Google For India event, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said another bill on Digital India Act will be also floated in a month for public consultation.

The draft Digital India Bill, which is set to replace the 22-year old Information Technology (IT) Act, will be available for public consultation by the end of December, according to Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The proposed legislation will deal with issues such as ownership of non-personal data and even data portability, accordin...

The Digital Data Protection Bill, which the Central government is working on, is likely to be introduced in the upcoming Budget Session of 2023-24. The bill is currently in its draft stage and has been placed in the public domain for consultation. The bill is based on the following principles around the Data Economy.

India's previous attempt at framing a law on personal-data protection had made 21 references to "privacy," starting by acknowledging it as a fundamental right.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will also hold the government liable in case of a data breach, a government source said on Saturday.

The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...

The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill that was reintroduced by the government on Friday has revised the penalty for data breaches up to Rs. 500 crore. Meanwhile, the draft legislation proposes to set up a Data Protection Board of India which will carry on functions as per the provisions of the bill, and also proposes a graded penalty syst...

The pronouns "she" and "her" have been used to refer to all genders for the first time in India's legislative history.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was reintroduced by the Government on Friday, as part of the proposed privacy law that will govern the transfer of data to certain countries abroad. The revised draft of the regulation allows the government to specify countries or territories outside India to which entities managing data can transfer person...

The Centre is working on a new draft of the proposed Digital Data Protection Bill 2022 after withdrawing the earlier Personal Data Protection Bill during the monsoon session of parliament this year.

The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July. A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar fixed the matter for hearing in August.

The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July.

India’s much awaited Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB) has bagged a thumbs up from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology this month. A senior government official has said that the upcoming data protection bill will change the way that people’s personal data is being harvested by companies.

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Monday hailed the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 while stating that it had struck the right balance between protecting the interests of the data principals while leaving enough room for tech start-ups to innovate and grow. The industry body also expressed concerns over 'ambi...

The government's proposed Digital Personal Data Protection bill 2022 are likely to make it harder for companies to invest in data centres.

While speaking at Google For India event, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said another bill on Digital India Act will be also floated in a month for public consultation.

The draft Digital India Bill, which is set to replace the 22-year old Information Technology (IT) Act, will be available for public consultation by the end of December, according to Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The proposed legislation will deal with issues such as ownership of non-personal data and even data portability, accordin...

The Digital Data Protection Bill, which the Central government is working on, is likely to be introduced in the upcoming Budget Session of 2023-24. The bill is currently in its draft stage and has been placed in the public domain for consultation. The bill is based on the following principles around the Data Economy.

India's previous attempt at framing a law on personal-data protection had made 21 references to "privacy," starting by acknowledging it as a fundamental right.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will also hold the government liable in case of a data breach, a government source said on Saturday.

The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...

The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill that was reintroduced by the government on Friday has revised the penalty for data breaches up to Rs. 500 crore. Meanwhile, the draft legislation proposes to set up a Data Protection Board of India which will carry on functions as per the provisions of the bill, and also proposes a graded penalty syst...

The pronouns "she" and "her" have been used to refer to all genders for the first time in India's legislative history.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was reintroduced by the Government on Friday, as part of the proposed privacy law that will govern the transfer of data to certain countries abroad. The revised draft of the regulation allows the government to specify countries or territories outside India to which entities managing data can transfer person...

The Centre is working on a new draft of the proposed Digital Data Protection Bill 2022 after withdrawing the earlier Personal Data Protection Bill during the monsoon session of parliament this year.