Privacy Watch: Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 seeks to secure individuals’ rights

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (DPDP Bill) released by the Government of India seeks to protect the rights of individuals, with a major emphasis on the right to privacy and constitutional fundamental rights. One of the significant changes that we can observe from the previous version of the bill is the processing of digital personal data, whether collected offline (and thereafter digitalised) or online, in a manner that does not infringe upon the rights of individuals to secure their data and with individuals having the right to exercise their fundamental rights with regard to personal data protection. 

Please click here to read the full article by Tony Verghese, published in Tele.Net.