12 recommendations made by Parl panel in report on Personal Data Protection

Platforms as publishers; covering personal, non-personal data suggested

The parliamentary joint committee on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019, headed by P P Chaudhary, MP, on Thursday presented its report, recommending changes to draft legislation, including altering its name to “Data Protection Bill”.

The key proposed changes to the Bill include those on data localisation, having a single data protection authority (DPA) for personal and non-personal data, considering social media platforms publishers and holding them responsible for the content they host, a mechanism to be followed for data protection when a child comes of age, and provisions for localisation and cross-border flows of data. 

“The Joint Parliamentary Committee has