Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 Th central government launched the bill for the online security of citizens of India on 5th July 2023.
Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023( details)
The Union government launched the draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 during the monsoon season, launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The central government received 21,666 suggestions for the draft bill that have been circulated for comments in November 2022. Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 is one of 4 proposed legislations in the IT and Telecom sectors to provide the framework for better secured India, where it empowers the Data Protection Board (DPB) to levy a penalty of up to Rs.250 crore on the organizations found to be in breach, where all online and offline data will fall under the legal domains of this bill.
History of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
| Date | What happen that year |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Centre revises draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill |
| December 2019 | Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 sent to Joint Parliamentary Committee for review |
| December 2021 | Joint Parliamentary Committee shares its report with a new version of the Data Protection Bill, 2021 |
| August 2022 | Minister of Communication and IT grants permission to withdraw the draft Data Protection Bill, 2021 |
| November 2022 | Meity releases draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 for public consultations |
| July 5, 2023 | Cabinet approves DPDP Bill to be tabled in Monsoon Season (July 20 – August 11) of Parliament |
Please note that the abbreviations used in the table are as follows:
- DPB: Data Protection Bill
- Meity: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- DPDP: Digital Personal Data Protection
Digital Personal Data Protection Bill( video)
Is the digital personal data protection bill passed?
The Union government launched the July 5 digital personal data protection bill
Who proposed the personal data protection bill?
The Expert Committee on Data Protection chaired by Justice BN Srikrishna proposed the personal data protection bill