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Data Bill's hits and opportunities

Governance through trusts will help balance the concerns over data sovereignty and its economic potential

Govt should rethink several clauses of draft data bill: Justice Srikrishna

Raises concerns about independence of data protection board under protocols in the present draft

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What do unique terms in the data protection bill mean?

The govt came out with a revised version of the Personal Data Protection Bill. While finer points of the Bill are being debated, let's examine the key terms used in it that should be known by us all

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Everything shouldn't be hardcoded into data protection Bill: Vaishnaw

But it should provide the foundation over which you should be able to build any other regulation required for a particular sector, the minister said

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Data Protection Bill: Experts seek clarity on timelines and definitions

Say some of the open-ended language may need refining

Protecting data privacy

The new Bill, though better, gives govt too much discretion

Even govt will be held accountable for data breach, says govt source

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 source said that the bill will only cover aspects around digital data as the Ministry of Electronics and IT's mandate is to deal around digital and cyber space. "The bill is mainly to make those entities accountable that are monetising data. In case of data breach even the government is not exempted," the source said. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill has exempted certain entities notified as data fiduciaries by the government from various compliances, including sharing details for the purpose of data collection. The draft has come up with various provisions to ensure data handling entities collect data with the explicit consent of individuals (or data principals) and use it only for the purpose for which it has been collected. The draft has proposed a penalty of up to Rs 500 crore in case data fiduciaries or entities ...

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Draft personal data protection Bill: Penalties may range up to Rs 250 crore

Updated legislation allows data to be transferred to 'trusted geographies' listed by the government

Govt likely to release new draft of data protection bill for public comment

The government is likely to release new draft of data protection bill for public comments in a week, according to two government sources. The government had in early August withdrawn the personal data protection bill, which was first presented in late 2019. "The draft is expected to be issued in a week for public comment," an official source told PTI. Union telecom and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had said that the joint parliamentary committee which went through the original draft suggested 88 amendments to a bill of 91 sections, which led the government to decide that there was "no option" but to withdraw the original bill completely. He added that a lot of changes had taken place during the Covid pandemic, leading to newer learnings, which had to be incorporated in the laws. Non-profit Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) had said that the Data Protection Bill 2021 gave large exemptions to government departments, prioritises the interests of big corporations, and did not adequatel

Data protection bill will end misuse of data, penalise violators: MoS IT

The proposed data protection bill will put an end to misuse of customer data, and violators will face punitive action under the rule, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday. The minister shared his reaction in response to Google's settlement of an investigation in the US which outlines that the internet giant misled users and continued tracking their location even after they opted out of the location tracking system. Google has agreed to settle the lawsuit for which it will pay around USD 392 million, according to a statement issued by the Oregon Department of Justice. "This type of "misuse" of custmr data violates #Privacy n #DataProtection expectations India's #DigitalDataProtection bill will put a stop to this - & ensure that any Platform/Intermediary that does this will face punitive & financial consequences, " Chandrasekhar tweeted. The government in August withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill from Lok Sabha and said it will ...

New data protection bill draft in next few days, says IT Minister

Inputs received from various stakeholders have been considered while formulating the bill, Vaishnaw said at the third edition of the Global Fintech Fest here

Large corporates request RBI for customers' UPI data, says Dy Guv Sankar

Large corporates, including fintech, have requested the RBI on how they could access the data from UPI

Data monetisation should have consumer consent: RBI deputy governor

Last month, the government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill from the Lok Sabha and IT Minister had said the Centre was hopeful of getting a new legislation passed by the next Budget Session

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Govt looks to make online world accountable through new laws: IT Minister

The government is working on a new version of data protection bill and proposed Digital India law to make the online world more accountable, IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. During the launch of the second batch of Cytrain Setu, Vaishnaw said the government will float a New Telecom Bill within a week. The minister said that a new version of the Data Protection Bill and proposed Digital India law is in the works. "What we are looking at is making the online world more accountable for what is published there. The people who are part of the law enforcement agencies and the policymakers, all of us, have a role. But, we also need to put a greater sense of accountability within the social media, internet, technology world itself," Vaishnaw said. The government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019, to replace it with a new bill with a 'comprehensive framework' and 'contemporary digital privacy laws'. The bill, aimed at regulating how an ...

Will soon come up with new version of Data Protection Bill: IT Minister

Information and Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said that the ministry will soon come up with a new version of the Data Protection Bill.Vaishnaw added that the ministry will bring a complete overhaul of cyber laws and it will soon present a new Telecom Bill."I request the judicial community to come up with suggestions based on their experience in the day-to-day working of our judicial system. We're coming up with a complete overhaul of Cyber Laws & very soon, we'll also present a New Telecom Bill," tweeted the Ministry of Electronics & IT.He added, "We will also be coming up with a new version of the Data Protection Bill; a Digital India Act is also being worked on. We are making the online world more accountable for what is published there," MIET further tweeted.Data protection is among the most significant issues being debated in public space due to the growing role of technology in the lives of people and the government has decided to withdraw the ...