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Government Withdraws Data Protection Bill,2021

Government Withdraws Data Protection Bill,2021
Government Withdraws Data Protection Bill,2021
  • The government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill from Parliament as it looks to come up with a “comprehensive legal framework” for regulating online space including separate legislation on data privacy, the overall internet ecosystem, cybersecurity, telecom regulations, and harnessing non-personal data for boosting innovation in the country.
  • This comes after nearly four years of the Bill being in the works, where it went through multiple iterations including a review by a Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP), and faced pushback from a range of stakeholders including tech companies and privacy activists.

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Published date : 05 Aug 2022 06:09PM

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