The new draft of the Data Protection Bill, which is at the moment being labored on by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), will allow “efficient usage” of knowledge with needed safeguards since companies within the nation could use it, a senior official of the ministry mentioned Monday.
Speaking on the International Technology Summit 2022 organised by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Additional Secretary at MeitY Rajendra Kumar mentioned, “…the new draft is being worked on for the Data Protection Bill to augment efficient usage of data with confidence that data would be protected while allowing that data may be used by the industry.”
ExplainedLaw hanging hearth
The knowledge safety legislation has been hanging hearth for a while now, having beforehand confronted criticism over elements of native storage of knowledge and knowledge sharing amongst completely different authorities companies.
He added that the digital makeover throughout authorities, industries, and MSMEs is at different ranges of maturity, with most MSMEs being behind in tech adoption. As digital providers penetrate rural areas, cyber-related threats might enhance, he mentioned.
“The government has put in place the long-term vision and has a proactive approach to deal with emerging tech and subsequent threat levels,” Kumar mentioned.
Last month, the Centre had withdrawn the earlier Data Protection Bill from Parliament and mentioned it could quickly come out with a “comprehensive legal framework” for the web ecosystem which would come with separate legislations for knowledge privateness, social media firms, telecom sector, and non-personal knowledge, amongst different issues.
In an interview to government-run Sansad TV, Union Communications and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had mentioned that the drafting of the brand new Data Protection Bill is sort of full and the Ministry is aiming to introduce it in Parliament by subsequent 12 months’s Budget Session.