The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 (“Bill”) was introduced in the Lok Sabha and has also been referred to a Joint Committee of the two Houses.
The Committee comprising both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members are expected to prepare and present a report to the Lok Sabha by the first day of the last week of the Budget Session, 2020.
The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 aims to:
“provide for protection of the privacy of individuals relating to their personal data, specify the flow and usage of personal data, create a relationship of trust between persons and entities processing the personal data, protect the rights of individuals whose personal data are processed, to create a framework for organisational and technical measures in processing of data, laying down norms for social media intermediary, cross-border transfer, accountability of entities processing personal data, remedies for unauthorised and harmful processing, and to establish a Data Protection Authority of India for the said purposes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto”
The Bill in its present form may undergo further amendments before being notified in the Official Gazette.
Source : Lok Sabha
