Biggest exemptions of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 and more

The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) bill has been passed in both the houses of the Rajya Sabha. The bill will now be sent to the president Droupadi Murmu for assent following which it will become a law.

Addressing the House, Union minister for electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “Under this bill, individuals using digital services have been given more power and more obligations have been imposed on companies using data of individuals. There has been a lot of consultation on the bill and then it has been presented before the House.”