The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP), which has been recently released, is a new move with new energy and its succinct wording adheres to the salient features. While it claims to protect data, Initial reactions clearly show that liberal citizens are disturbed by the fact that data protection has taken the form of surveillance and, maybe, even become a powerful tool that gives the Government wide-ranging powers without the reassurance of safeguarding citizens’ privacy.
Even more concerning is the concept of ‘deemed consent’. This permits processing of personal data without the express consent of the Data Principal in cases where the ‘the larger public interest’ justifies such disclosure.
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Rupinder specializes in mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, strategic alliances, cross-border investments, regulatory issues for India entry, restructurings of Indian and international conglomerates, as well as compliance and white-collar crime investigations.