RTI activists to reach out to citizens against Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
A case with WhatsApp is ongoing in the Supreme Court over the same issue.
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A case with WhatsApp is ongoing in the Supreme Court over the same issue.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) administration is making revisions to the RTI Act's information-sharing clauses for the first time.
The phrase, "as may be prescribed" appears 18 times in the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, which the Internet Freedom Foundation says is "symbolic" of the unchecked powers the government has bestowed upon itself.
The new Data Bill is almost ready and will be put out for public consultation and subsequent government approvals very soon: IT Minister.
The Union government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill after a joint parliamentary panel suggested 81 changes to it.