Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019

Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 provides for the protection of personal data of individuals and establishes a Data Protection Authority (DPA). The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019 and referred to standing committee. The committee submitted its report on December 16, 2021.

Key Observations and Recommendations of the Committee

Provision

• Scope of the Bill
• Definition of ‘harm’
• Data Breaches
• Exemption to state agencies
• Data portability
• Right to be forgotten
• Selection committee for DPA
• Timeline for implementation

Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019

• It only defines personal data.
• It provides for compensation against harmful processing of personal data. Harm has been defined ....