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TopicPersonal Data Protection Bill

Topic: Personal Data Protection Bill

‘Doesn’t dilute RTI Act’ — Vaishnaw says criticism of new personal data protection law ‘unfair’

IT minister says social media sites, big tech firms have “1,000x more data than govt', adds that Section 37 (blocking content) meant to deter those repeatedly violating citizens' privacy.

India’s 1st Data Protection Act — what it could have been had proposed amendments been debated

Amid protests over Manipur, sloganeering & walkouts, Digital Personal Data Protection Bill passed by voice vote. ThePrint examines the amendments proposed but not discussed in Parliament.

Privacy concerns over Data Bill, Rahul back in Parliament & Pawar switch

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

What is the ‘right to be forgotten’, included in data protection bill tabled in Lok Sabha

Successive court rulings have recognised the right to be forgotten. Six years ago, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud had said informational privacy is a facet of right to privacy.

Modi govt tables long-awaited data protection bill in LS, critics fear ‘unchecked powers’

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill proposes to introduce penalties of up to Rs 250 cr on entities misusing or failing to protect digital data, among other provisions.

Oppn MPs walk out of IT panel meet over bid to push data protection bill before it reaches Parliament

Oppn MPs opposed BJP members' attempt to have panel adopt a report on draft data protection bill. The 31-member panel, which has 10 BJP MPs, however adopted report after the walkout.

Age clause in data protection bill — excessive control or keeping kids safe?

New Delhi: Policy advocacy groups and marketing professionals have expressed worry over Clause 10 of the latest draft Personal Data Protection Bill, which states...

Activists raise concerns over ‘procedure of inviting feedback’ of new data protection bill

In a letter to Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, NCPRI activists said the government has not adhered to the 'minimum standards for public consultation on draft legislations'.

Protecting the users — what the primary aim of a personal data protection legislation should be

The latest iteration of India’s data protection legislation calls for a reminder of why the country needs a Personal Data Protection Bill and what would make it a good one.

New data bill carries one disappointment from previous versions—exempting govt agencies

The big silver lining, if one may call it that, is we will no longer be faced with the irony of having a powerful and intrusive DPA tasked to protect privacy.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.