Including non-personal data in proposed bill will be premature: Report

A bill on protecting personal data may come up before Parliament's monsoon session

Including regulations for non-personal data (NPD) in the proposed Data Protection Bill 2021 would be ‘premature’ without defining clearly what such data is, experts said in a report published Tuesday.

The report, ‘Non-Personal Data 2.0’, analyses the recommendations of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Bill. The key proposed changes included empowering the government to frame rules on NPD and permitting the Data Protection Authority (DPA) to govern NPD at the time of a breach.

The report, published by CUTS International (Consumer Unity & Trust Society), came amid speculations that the Bill was in its final stage and could