India Withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill That Alarmed Tech Giants (techcrunch.com) 6
The Indian government is withdrawing its long-awaited Personal Data Protection Bill that drew scrutiny from several privacy advocates and tech giants who feared the legislation could restrict how they managed sensitive information while giving government broad powers to access it. From a report: The move comes as a surprise as lawmakers had indicated recently that the bill, unveiled in 2019, could see the "light of the day" soon. New Delhi received dozen of amendments and recommendations from a Joint Committee of Parliament that "identified many issues that were relevant but beyond the scope of a modern digital privacy law," said India's Junior IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The government will now work on a "comprehensive legal framework" and present a new bill, he added.
The Personal Data Protection Bill sought to empower Indian citizens with rights relating to their data. India, the world's second largest internet market, has seen an explosion of personal data in the past decade as hundreds of citizens came online for the first time and started consuming scores of apps. But there has been uncertainty on how much power the individuals, private companies and government agencies have over it.
The Personal Data Protection Bill sought to empower Indian citizens with rights relating to their data. India, the world's second largest internet market, has seen an explosion of personal data in the past decade as hundreds of citizens came online for the first time and started consuming scores of apps. But there has been uncertainty on how much power the individuals, private companies and government agencies have over it.
Re:Double standards (Score:5, Funny)
I'm glad to see someone at least follows the great old slashdot tradition of not actually reading anything about the subject of any posts.
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Good thing (Score:1)
If data gluttons like Facebook and Google are against it, then it is most likely a good thing.
If you don't want govt asking for user data (Score:5, Insightful)
then don't collect and store it in the first place. Simple, eh?
Were The Tech Giants Thinking This (Score:2)