What can we expect from the Personal Data Protection law?

India is one of the world’s largest democracies. In 2018, a draft of the new law – the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill – to monitor data privacy in India was introduced in the Parliament. The Government of India rightly took a step towards forming stricter data protection and privacy laws in India. The bill underwent a few changes and the 2019 version was passed by the cabinet in December 2019, after which it was referred to a joint committee (comprising of members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha), which is to present a final report before the next budget session for final deliberation before it becomes a law.



The PDP Bill primarily focuses on the people of India and protecting their privacy. It seeks to provide more control to Indians over their personal information and create a culture towards respecting informational privacy of individuals. The PDP Bill talks about ‘parental consent’ when processing personal data of a child. This would help in creating more awareness, along with an additional layer of safeguard to protect children from online risks. Since the processing of data is based on principles, it would make governments (state and Central) and the private sector more accountable when personal data of children is processed for educational apps, biometric usage, social media usage, etc. The Govt. of India would be able to take steps against social media companies and other organisations if data connected to children is misused in any form, especially since social media platforms, known to be fraught with cyber bullying or abuse of children, may fall under the category of significant data fiduciary. Profiling of data related to children is prohibited, thus safeguarding children from biases or discrimination threats.


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