On August 9, India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 (“DPDP Bill”) passed both houses of the Indian Parliament and now awaits Presidential assent. In 2017, India’s Supreme Court mandated that privacy is a fundamental human right. Since that time, India has been working to pass data protection legislation. The DPDP Bill is India’s fifth draft of the bill. The DPDP Bill only applies to the processing of digital personal data in India, where the personal…
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Key Takeaways From India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023
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