Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019- What could change if passed and how

The much-talked about legislation to protect personal data will allow processing of private data without explicit consent of the owner of the information for credit scores, debt recovery, security, operation of search engines and whistle blowing.

The draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which is likely to be introduced in the Lok Sabha in the next couple of days, bars storing and processing of personal data by entities without the explicit consent of an individual.