Questions for 2020: Personal data gets legal protection?

Yes, but unaccountable official surveillance a worry.

In the internet age, where personal data is the raw material on which multiple billion-dollar businesses are built, the newly proposed personal data protection law will give Indians more control of their data through a strict consent mechanism. The law, which has been in the works for over two years, will change the way technology companies and governments collect, process and store personal data.

The Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB) 2019 is expected to become a law in 2020 once it is reviewed by the joint parliamentary committee (JPC). The Bill also gives Indian users rights to obtain personal data, correct, erase, update and port the data from one company to another, and raise grievances.

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