Governments abroad look to model on India’s ‘landmark’ data law
Governments globally including others like New Zealand said they are taking a 'keen interest' in not just the implementation of the Bill in the world's most populous country but also its approach to privacy regulation at large. While officials at some countries such as Norway told ET that they are even looking to introduce clauses that could mirror those in the DPDP Bill, others in countries such as South Africa said the success of the Bill was very critically tied to how the Data Protection Board (DPB) functions.
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority called it a 'landmark regulation' that has been long in the works. It added that it looked forward to seeing how the regulation would apply in practice and how it would be enforced.
Oslo could even put in place something similar to what India has to protect digital privacy for children. The DPDP Bill has stringent conditions for processing data of children and parental consent is a must for processing data of minors with certain exemptions.
The bill also states that undertaking tracking and behavioural monitoring of children is prohibited with certain exemptions. «We are very happy to see that children are protected from tracking, behavioural monitoring and targeted advertising from companies,» Trine Smedbold, senior legal adviser at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) said.
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