Data Protection Bill gets Cabinet approval, to be tabled in Parliament
By MYBRANDBOOK
After a lot of delay pertaining to its approval amid inter-ministerial consultation, the Personal Data Protection Bill finally got a nod today from the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Data Protection law is expected to spell out a framework, which will include processing of personal and private data by public and private entities, among others. The law will also include broad guidelines on collection, storage and processing of personal data, consent of individuals, penalties and compensation, code of conduct and an enforcement model.
The Bill will now be introduced in the Parliament.
“Will not be able to share more details about the Bill as it will be introduced in the Parliament soon," said Union minister Prakash Javadekar said in a briefing after the Cabinet meeting.
Last week, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government will soon introduce a robust and balanced Personal Data Protection law in the Parliament, adding that India will never compromise on data sovereignty.
The development comes amid a controversy involving WhatsApp, where the Opposition inquired if the government negotiated any deal or did any business transaction with the Israel-based tech firm NSO that developed Pegasus spyware to spy on 1,400 users across the world, including 121 Indian journalists, activists. Last week, they also sought the government’s reply from Prasad if the government has made unauthorized use of the spyware.
The Law will be in line with European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A draft personal data protection bill was introduced last year by the government to regulate the use of individual data by the government and private companies.
The draft bill, titled The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018, was prepared by a high-level expert group headed by former Supreme Court judge B.N. Srikrishna.
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