Newsdetail

After 5 years of work, govt retracts data protection bill

Admin | 2022-08-04

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday sprung a surprise as it spiked the much-debated, and contentious Data Protection Bill from Parliament, promising to introduce a new legislation very soon but without any dilution to broader privacy aspects of the original bill and without any compromise to the Right to Privacy as provided by the Supreme Court in its historic judgment given in August 2017. The original Bill, which was the culmination of a work that began around five years back after the formation of the Justice Srikrishna Committee, had been introduced in Lok Sabha in December 2019 following which it was referred to the Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP) which took nearly two years to submit its recommendations and present a draft bill towards the end of last year.
However, the government felt that detailed amendments suggested by the JCP warranted a fresh Bill, instead of doing a heavy patchwork on the existing one. Speaking to TOI, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that a draft of the proposed new Bill had been finalized which would soon be made public for consultations. -ADVERTISEMENT- Felixads The Personal Data Protection Bill has been withdrawn because the JCP recommended 81 amendments in a bill of 99 sections. Above that, it made 12 major recommendations. Therefore, the bill has been withdrawn and a new bill will be presented for public consultation, Vaishnav said. let me be clear that any new framework that we suggest will be in sync with the fundamental principles of privacy, and the Supreme Court's judgment, he added. The minister said the government had decided to initiate the move with a progressive mindset, denying speculation that there was pressure to dilute certain provisions that were impacting global social media giants or other stakeholders. There has been no lobbying… We simply wanted to put in place a complete, comprehensive framework.

Post your Property for Free

List it on Ratnkunj.com and get genuine leads

Post Property FREE