The Central government on Friday released the draft data protection bill 2022 which entails a provision of a fine of up to Rs 250 crore on data-managing entities that fail to take reasonable security safeguards.
For the record, the central government during the recent Monsoon session of Parliament withdrew the Bill from the Lok Sabha several months after it was introduced.
After the Bill was introduced, it was referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee which had suggested 81 amendments to it. Withdrawing the Bill, the Central government said that it has been withdrawn to consider the recommendations on such a large scale.
This is a significant development after the new IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw made it clear within minutes of taking charge that the "law of the land is supreme".
As discussions on cyber snooping continued in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh questioned the government on who was spied upon using the Israeli spyware software Pegasus.
The bill restricts and imposes conditions on the cross border transfer of personal data, and suggests setting up of Data Protection Authority of India to prevent any misuse of personal information.
In a series of tweets, UIDAI advises people to refrain from publicly sharing Aadhaar number on social media and “posing challenges” to others.
The 176-page report has a lot to offer to the much-discussed, and equally debated, arena of data usage and its protection
Asks people not to believe Twitter users putting out TRAI chief RS Sharma’s personal details, calling them “fraudulent elements”; UIDAI claims these details were already in public domain
