Data protection Bill awaits consent

The Indian government has approved a draft of the Digital Personal #DataProtectionBill, which requires consent before collecting personal data and imposes penalties for data breaches. The bill is expected to be presented in the upcoming session of Parliament. While the contents of the Bill will remain confidential until it is brought in Parliament.


Nearly six years after the Supreme Court held privacy to be a fundamental right, the Centre has made a second attempt at framing legislation for protection of data. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, a draft of which was floated in November, is expected to be tabled in Parliament’s Monsoon Session that begins on July 20.


The Bill is crucial because irrespective of our levels of digital literacy or comfort with digital technologies, digitalisation and data will inevitably and increasingly impact vital aspects of our public and private lives. But, the question is, does the draft Bill adequately address the still extant public concerns that led to the unanimous privacy judgment by a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court almost six years back?

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