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Govt mulls exempting early-stage startups from data bill provisions

The government is mulling exempting early stage startups from complying with norms under proposed Digital Personal Data Protection bill, an official source said. The exemption may be for a limited period to assist startups in developing their business models and to ensure that innovation is not stifled due to compliance burden. "Meity (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) is mulling to improve upon the bill to exempt early stage startups from the provisions of DPDP (Digital Personal Data Protection) bill. "This may be for a limited time period in cases where they may be doing some kind of data modelling etc to develop their solution," the source, who did not wish to be named, said. The draft DPDP has proposed exemption only for government notified data fiduciaries and data processing entities when it comes to data collection, data sharing, giving information around data processing etc. Last week, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar had sai

India's revised data protection bill 'promising, clear': Meta's Nick Clegg

'Real process of openness' and listening to feedback in preparing legislation, he says

Right to privacy also encompasses public servants, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

The conflict between the RTI Act and the draft personal data protection bill needs to be resolved, says the communications minister

Citizens' data access only in exceptional situations: MoS IT on data bill

The government will not be able to violate the privacy of citizens under the proposed data protection law as it will get access to personal data only in exceptional circumstances like national security, pandemic and natural disasters, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. Speaking during an online discussion, the minister said the National Data Governance Framework Policy has provision for handling anonymisation of data -- which is not part of the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022. Chandrasekhar also said the proposed Data Protection Board -- which will adjudicate matters related to data protection -- will be independent and will not have any government officer on the board. While responding to questions around privacy on Twitter Live on Saturday evening, the minister re-phrased the question of a participant to clarify the stand of the government and provisions in the draft DPDP Bill 2022. "Let us say that the government wants to

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IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw counters criticism around proposed DPDP Bill

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday allayed concerns over the extent of independence of the government-appointed oversight body proposed in the draft data protection Bill, saying just like RBI and SEBI the architecture of the new body will ensure its autonomy on issues. Vaishnaw, who was speaking at Times Now Summit 2022 also countered criticism around the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill and questions around surveillance and said the risk of terrorist threats and cyber threats, as well as the changing nature of global warfare have to be kept in mind. These realities have to be considered, and a balanced view has to be taken. Supreme Court, he said, has set clear processes on surveillance, with many checks and balances. To questions being raised on just how independent the proposed Data Protection Board will be, the minister made it clear that independence and autonomy come from law, and cited the strong reputation enjoyed by RBI, SEBI, all over the world. Sin

Modified data protection bill to bring ease for startup ecosystem: Experts

MeitY on Friday released a draft version of the much-awaited data protection law, in the fourth such effort since it was first proposed in July 2018

India's digital personal-data protection bill puts privacy at risk

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill is a more forceful attempt to legislate a Chinese-style surveillance state in the world's largest democracy

Data Bill's hits and opportunities

Governance through trusts will help balance the concerns over data sovereignty and its economic potential

Govt should rethink several clauses of draft data bill: Justice Srikrishna

Raises concerns about independence of data protection board under protocols in the present draft

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What do unique terms in the data protection bill mean?

The govt came out with a revised version of the Personal Data Protection Bill. While finer points of the Bill are being debated, let's examine the key terms used in it that should be known by us all

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Everything shouldn't be hardcoded into data protection Bill: Vaishnaw

But it should provide the foundation over which you should be able to build any other regulation required for a particular sector, the minister said

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Data Protection Bill: Experts seek clarity on timelines and definitions

Say some of the open-ended language may need refining

Protecting data privacy

The new Bill, though better, gives govt too much discretion

Even govt will be held accountable for data breach, says govt source

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will also hold the government liable in case of a data breach, a government source said on Saturday. The source said that the bill will only cover aspects around digital data as the Ministry of Electronics and IT's mandate is to deal around digital and cyber space. "The bill is mainly to make those entities accountable that are monetising data. In case of data breach even the government is not exempted," the source said. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill has exempted certain entities notified as data fiduciaries by the government from various compliances, including sharing details for the purpose of data collection. The draft has come up with various provisions to ensure data handling entities collect data with the explicit consent of individuals (or data principals) and use it only for the purpose for which it has been collected. The draft has proposed a penalty of up to Rs 500 crore in case data fiduciaries or entities ...

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Draft personal data protection Bill: Penalties may range up to Rs 250 crore

Updated legislation allows data to be transferred to 'trusted geographies' listed by the government