What is the draft Data Protection Bill and Its Features? Let’s Find Out
As the Union Cabinet has cleared the draft Data Protection Bill, it will now be tabled in the upcoming monsoon session of the Parliament that will begin on July 20. If approved by the Parliament, it will become a law and become the core of India’s data protection laws.
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Cabinet approval of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill is a major milestone in safeguarding our digital landscape.
It is personally gratifying for me, having campaigned for privacy & data protection for years. I had moved private members bills in parliament in 2009… pic.twitter.com/c1t4Rupc3H
— Baijayant Jay Panda (@PandaJay) July 6, 2023
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Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
An important decision taken today!#UnionCabinet is learnt to have cleared the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill.
As per the provisions of the bill, if one's personal data is misused, it will entail a fine of up to Rs 500 crore, according to the sources.#DataProtection pic.twitter.com/Vnxp7tDgsC
— Amit Rakshit 🇮🇳 (@amitrakshitbjp) July 5, 2023
Though the details of the bill have not been made public, it is believed that some parts have been retained from the draft that was floated in November 2022. The bill had been put in the public domain for consultations and according to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, more than 21,666 comments were received on the Bill. The Government has tried to address all these issues in the new draft.
The Bill proposed a Data Protection Board that can impose a penalty up to Rs 500 crore if non-compliance by a person is found to be significant. The Bill also proposes six types of penalties for non-compliance.
Here's how the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, which has just been approved by the Cabinet, in its current form, will prove disastrous for India's Right to Information Act:
(I) The special condition that required any personal information to be eligible for disclosure if…
— Saurav Das (@OfficialSauravD) July 5, 2023
In August 2017, the Supreme Court had ruled that “privacy” is a fundamental right in the landmark case of KS Puttaswamy v Union of India. This was followed by the constitution of the Justice Srikrishna Committee on Data Protection. In 2018, the committee had released a 176 page report and proposed the Data Protection Bill, 2018 (Draft Bill).
India is in need of a proper Data Protection Law at this time when leading countries have already planned and implemented privacy laws.
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