Draft data protection bill protects tech giants more than Indians
The bill makes it easy for tech giants to pay the penalties rather than comply with the law.
The bill makes it easy for tech giants to pay the penalties rather than comply with the law.
The latest data protection bill doesn't recognise the right to privacy, provides no checks against its breach by government agencies, provides for an unformed executive-controlled board for oversight.
CUTS International says the bill takes away the categorisation of personal data, especially sensitive personal data, thereby painting all personal data with the same regulatory brush.
Draft Bill misses key provision of data processing that truly empowered the government to implement the Digital Personal Data Protection Act