Big Tech’s going to love India’s new personal data protection bill, say digital rights groups
India's long awaited digital Personal Data Protection Bill was tabled in parliament on Thursday, complete with stiff penalties for data breaches and enough exemptions that digital rights orgs have rated it a"win-win" for Big Tech and government.
A court ruled in 2017 that Indian citizens have a right to privacy, and the next year a bill was drafted. It was tabled in parliament, but never passed. The bill, then called Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, was scrapped in August 2022 when, according toCriticism of the 2019 iteration included that it offered weak protection from surveillance and its definitions were too generic.in November of 2022, and was tabled yesterday by Vaishnaw, amid opposition calls to have it further scrutinized.
On the flip side, those who make what's deemed false or frivolous grievances and complaints can be fined up to $120 . And while it seeks to limit cross-border transfer of data, it does allow flow to certain jurisdictions. And it also allows the retention of data in some cases after its use is complete.
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