The rules begin with detailed definitions, including terms like "user account", "verifiable consent", and "techno-legal measures" that govern digital processes adopted by the Data Protection Board and the Appellate Tribunal.
CPI-M MP John Brittas claimed that the Digital Data Protection Act "infringes" on the Right to Information Act, while Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the Act had "devastated" another Parliamentary Act, the Right to Information Act.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Madras High Court judgement directing to a law portal to remove a judgement and agreed to examine pertaining to the right to be forgotten.
"I am a member of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology and it is learnt that the Committee, on July 26, 2023, adopted a Report titled ‘Citizen’s data security and privacy’ which contains a Report on the examination and Recommend
The monsoon session of Parliament begins on Thursday and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has urged the MPs of all parties for meaningful discussions in the House on issues of national and public interest.
The exercise to bring in Telecom Bill and Digital Data Protection Bill is in a "very advanced stage" and is likely to be tabled in Parliament during the next Monsoon Session, said the Union minister of communications and electronics, and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw.