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DATA PROTECTION BILL IS LIKELY TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE BUDGET SESSION OF PARLIAMENT

The Data Protection Bill is likely to be tabled in the budget session of Parliament very soon.  Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnab said the Data Protection Bill is likely to be introduced in the budget session of Parliament.  In an interview, he said the draft of the revised data protection bill would be released for discussion soon.  Vaishnav stressed that the country's data protection framework should be in tune with modern times and not look like an attempt to "create a paper system for the digital world".

 

Minister Vaishnab said, the principles of data protection and privacy are now well established all over the world and the government is more or less already practicing those principles ever since the Supreme Court gave the judgment. He said, the focus now is to make sure that the implementation of the law and principles is in tune with the modern times.

 

The government, earlier this month, withdrew The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, in the Lok Sabha, saying that it will come up with a fresh Bill that fits into the comprehensive legal framework with reference to the suggestions made by the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Bill.