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India is due to introduce a very strong Personal data protection bill in the Parliament today. Draft bill can be accessed here: https://www.medianama.com/wp-co
by spikengineer 7y ago
India is due to introduce a very strong Personal data protection bill in the Parliament today.
Draft bill can be accessed here: https://www.medianama.com/wp-content/uploads/Personal-Data-Protection-Bill-2019.pdf https://www.medianama.com/wp-content/uploads/Personal-Data-P...
This bill seems to be drafted on the lines of GDPR but exempts govt. entities.
Strong regulation on social media:
(Page 41): the Central govt may notify “social media intermediary “whose actions have significant impact on electoral democracy, security of the State, public order or the sovereignty and integrity of India” as a significant data fiduciary.
- spikengineer 7y agoLive thread from a local news team: https://twitter.com/medianama/status/1204308889128169472 https://twitter.com/medianama/status/1204308889128169472
- spikengineer 7y agoGaming companies are going to have a bad day, Data fiduciaries will need to verify a child age & obtain consent of their guardian. Data Protection Authority can classify some as "guardian data fiduciaries" if they target children or process large amount of children’s personal data.
- spikengineer 7y agoThe bill has expanded right to correction to include right to erasure, once the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was processed.