Digital Personal Data Protection Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha

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Personal Data Protection (DPDP) bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Addressing the House, Union minister for electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “Under this bill, individuals using digital services have been given more power and more obligations have been imposed on companies using data of individuals.

There has been a lot of consultation on the bill and then it has been presented before the House." Vaishnaw further added, «Further, four rights have have been given to the country's citizens — Right to access information, Right to correction of personal data and right to eraser, Right to grievance redressal, Right to nominate in case of death.” The Lok Sabha passed the bill on Monday by a voice vote amid some slogan-shouting by Opposition members seeking a debate on the Manipur issue. It was presented for passing and consideration by Vaishnaw, who said that the DPDP Bill would safeguard the digital personal data of 1.4 billion citizens.

The opposition had expressed several concerns over the legislation and had demanded that the bill be sent to a parliamentary panel for further deliberations. They alleged that the bill violated citizens’ Right to Privacy.

Here are some key insights into the bill.Key highlights of the bill:

The consent architecture provided in the bill is similar to other digital privacy provisions across the world. The bill has also moved to a ‘blacklisting’ approach for cross-border.