From being ‘Orwellian’ to solving the ‘Gordian Knot’, can the new PDP bill meet old expectations?
Synopsis
After five long years of deliberations, the Personal Data Protection Bill was withdrawn recently. A new bill is expected that doesn’t have an estimated time of arrival. Questions of privacy, data security and data ownership for millions of Indians are hot once again. Experts, however, are worried about people’s rights as the law remains in a limbo.
The afternoon of August 3 took many by surprise, that includes us, and it impacts you. That day, the much-awaited Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP Bill), 2021 was withdrawn by the government. Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha that it will be replaced by a “comprehensive framework of global standard laws”.And just like that, the long-fought battle for the right to protect privacy and
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