Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 approved by the Cabinet

July 7, 2023

Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 approved by the Cabinet: The Union Government approved the draft Digital Personal Data Bill and come before Parliament in the monsoon season. According to official sources, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology received and reviewed 21,666 ideas for the draught bill, which was circulated for comments in November 2022.

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Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023:

Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill approved by the Union government and it’s paving the way to be introduced in the monsoon season of the Parliament.
Six years after the Supreme Court declared privacy as a fundamental right, the law will become India’s core data governance framework.
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP Bill) is one of four proposed laws in the IT and telecommunications sectors to create a framework for the fast expanding digital environment.
This bill empowers the Data Protection Board (DPB) to levy a penalty of up to Rs.250 crore on the organizations found to be in breach.
The penalty levied on organization that are in breach can be increased up to Rs.500 crore with cabinet approval and there is no requirement of any amendment in the law to increase the penalty.
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill includes a provision for the establishment of a Data Protection Board to oversee the Act’s implementation.
All online and offline data will fall under the legal domains of this bill.
The drafted bill aims to provide consent based data collection technique.

History of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill:

In 2019: the Centre updated the draught Personal Data Protection Bill based on the recommendations of the Sri Krishna Committee Report.
In December, 2019: Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 sent to the Joint Parliamentary Committee for review from both the houses.
In December, 2021: After two years, the Joint Parliamentary Committee released its report, which included a new version of the – Data Protection Bill, 2021.
In August 2022: Minister of Communication and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, granted permission to withdraw the draft DPB (Data Protection Bill), 2021.
In November 2022: Meity releases the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 for public consultations.
July 5,2023: Cabinet approves DPDP Bill to be tables in Monsoon Season (July20-August11) of Parliament.