Personal Data Protection Bill 2019: USIBC expresses concern over certain provisions

The US India Business Council has expressed concern over the provisions of Personal Data Protection Bill introduced in the Indian parliament, saying that some of its provisions raise serious concern for the private sector. “The bill contains several new provisions outside the core issue of data privacy that raise serious concerns for the private sector, particularly the inclusion of requirements around non-personal data and social media intermediary liabilities,” USIBC president Nisha Desai Biswal said in a statement on Wednesday.

The PDPB was on Wednesday referred to a joint select committee of both Houses of Parliament. A resolution moved by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was passed by Lok Sabha by a voice vote. Biswal said that there was a need for the government to remain