Page 3 - Data Protection Laws

Data Protection Bill gets cabinet nod; to be tabled in Parliament

The Bill is likely to contain broad guidelines on collection, storage and processing of personal data, consent of individuals, penalties and compensation, code of conduct and an enforcement model

Facial recognition at Chaayos sparks calls for data protection law

Customers at Chaayos complained about the camera technology they said captured images of them without their consent, with no information on what the data would be used for, and no option to opt out

Data Protection Bill may face WTO hurdle as industry holds its breath

The Bill has been in the works since the past one and half years. A draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill had been made public by the ministry of electronics and information technology

Govt consults select stakeholders for views on data protection bill

The ministry has asked for clarifications from some people who had earlier given their comments on the proposed Data Protection Bill

Global tech firms to fight India's law on user data fearing investment loss

In July, a government panel recommended that all "critical personal data" should be processed in India, and presented a draft bill that could affect how global firms store customer data

Press freedom protected under Srikrishna panel's data protection Bill

Journalists will be exempted from seeking the consent of individuals before collecting and reviewing their personal data to be used in a news report

New privacy norms by tech firms to make business safer: Experts

Indian businesses across sectors need to buckle up for the change, say analysts

Should states have the incentives to have their own laws in data protection

If the Centre endorses states having the right to control access to their own records, it will also be forced to have a relook at the RTI Act, 2005

Like Aadhaar, data protection law will also set a global benchmark: Prasad

Said digital transactions increased from 3,700 per day in Nov 2016 to 54,00,000 per day at present

Fixing data protection laws

Five years since the govt's first attempt, the goal of an all-inclusive data protection statute remains elusive

Strike a balance between access to data and data theft

Indian data protection laws have been the subject of much debate and concern in recent times with the advent of e-commerce platforms and cyber technology in the nation