The Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019, was “a few months away,” according to Minister of State for Electronics and IT (MeitY) Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who also stated that the government was finalising the “dos and don’ts” for businesses.
Separating privacy from data protection, Chandrasekhar noted that while privacy remained a basic right with individuals entitled to challenge any infringement, the PDP Bill was about how organisations acquired data.
The Srikrishna Committee’s PDP Bill was presented to Parliament in 2019. The Joint Parliamentary Committee subsequently turned in its assessment in November 2021.
According to sources, Chandrasekhar stated,
If we have to make a choice between doing something quickly versus doing something right, with a few months delay, we will choose the latter. No one should feel that we are not committed to that (PDP) Bill
He went on to note that the expansion of India’s digital economy depends heavily on startups.
According to Chandrashekhar, the government was not “monetising” the data like the private sector was doing; rather, it was utilising the data for a different purpose. He cited many reasons for this exemption, including public order and state security. In delivering governance and public service, he said, exemptions for governments were acceptable.
According to Clause 35 of the Bill, the Union government would have the authority to exclude any government agency from the Act’s regulations.
The minister stated that there are technical options to make it such that social media networks must, upon request, disclose information about the original message source. Otherwise, they might renounce their intermediate position and forfeit Section 79 of the IT Act protection.
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Interesting read. Well written
Expecting 0 disappointment form this bill