In view of the feedback by stakeholders and various agencies, the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 was withdrawn in August 2022. On November 18, 2022, the government published a new draft Bill, titled the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022, and initiated a public consultation on th
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice KM Joseph asked WhatsApp to give advertisement in five newspapers to publicise its undertaking given to the government.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has decided to extend the last date for the receipt of feedback/comments till January 2, 2023, for 'Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022'.
The central government during the recent Monsoon session of Parliament withdrew the Bill from the Lok Sabha several months after it was initially introduced.