Data Protection Board may lack separation of powers, said one expert on draft data protection bill. Another welcomed mention of duties that digital citizen will have to adhere to.
The revised report envisages a harmonious co-existence of the two frameworks of personal and non-personal data while suggesting that the two concepts are mutually exclusive.
With the Indian govt's Personal Data Protection Bill only outlining broad principles governing data, the role of the Data Protection Authority becomes even more important.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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