On 3rd August, 2022, the Central government withdrew the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill that had been tabled in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019. Commonly referred to as the “Privacy Bill”, it intended to protect individual rights by regulating the collection, movement, and processing of data that is personal, or which can identify an individual.
Reasons for withdrawing the PDP Bill: Huge Number of Amendments- The Joint Parliamentary Committee’s(JPC)which has analyzed the PDP bill, recommended 81 amendments and suggested 97 corrections and 93 recommendations to the Bill.
