With the exponential rise in the magnitude of data proliferation globally, the governance of citizenry and stakeholders through an evolved data protection regime is imperative. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (“2022 Bill”) has been designed in furtherance of the efforts of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to build a comprehensive legal framework on the digital ecosystem and is a step forth in the evolution of India’s data protection regime. While it is undeniably simpler than its previous versions, much of its simplicity and brevity appear to have been achieved by compromising crucial aspects of informational privacy, a glaring example of which is the absence of recognition of special categories of personal data.
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Gaurav’s practice covers mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate structuring and restructuring, and general corporate commercial matters (including data privacy and white-collar crime investigations).