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The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill that the Rajya Sabha cleared on Wednesday will make social media companies operating in India more accountable, boost the business of the IT industry and change the way organisations process data of Indians, minister for electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said...
The exemptions that are given to the government under the proposed law are far fewer than what the European privacy law provides, he told Aashish Aryan & Surabhi Agarwal in an interview..
How will having a privacy law further cement Indias position as tech powerhouse of the world?..
If you look at the GDPR (General Data Protection Rules of the European Union), there are 16 exemptions for things like economic or financial interest of the Union, monetary, budgetary and taxation matters, public health and social security matters...
There is a robust structure of the grievance redressal mechanism, the Data Protection Board, the TDSAT (Telecom Disputes and Settlement Appellate Tribunal) appeal and, finally, the Supreme Court, which will be applicable to everybody, including the government...
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