The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill is legislation that will govern the use and protection of personal data in the country. It takes into account the rights and responsibilities of citizens or Digital Nagriks and data fiduciaries. The aim is to ensure lawful and transparent data collection and usage. The draft had been thrown open for public feedback in November 2022, prompting several suggestions for amendments.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, has stated that the DPDP Bill will bring about significant behavioural changes among platforms in India, especially in cases that have exploited or misused personal data.

The Bill probably needs to be viewed in its context. We need to go back to 2018 when Justice BN Srikrishna Committee had submitted a draft of the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY). However, that bill was withdrawn...