Read our brief on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 which was released for public consultation on November 18, 2022. In our brief, we take a look at the proposal’s legislative history and summarise its top issues. Further, we analyse if it passes the Supreme Court’s Puttaswamy thresholds (Spoiler Alert: It doesn't) for state invasion into people’s privacy. We compare the 2022 version with its predecessors in India and also with data protection legislations in other countries. Finally, we have done a detailed analysis of the specific issues with the proposal and provided recommendations to resolve them.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://internetfreedom.in/read-our-public-brief-on-the-draft-digital-personal-data-protection-bill-2022/