After over three years of deliberations and multiple amendments, India’s Personal Data Protection Bill is finally likely to be tabled in Parliament during the ongoing budget session
Experts have flagged Clause 35 of the bill, which empowers the central government to give a blanket exemption to law enforcement and other agencies from requiring the consent of data owners
Besides the exemptions, startups are concerned about rising costs owing to requirements of data localisation and lack of clarity around the policies for critical personal data
“You must start somewhere to get anywhere”, goes the oft-repeated quote for inspirational purposes. That Supratim Chakraborty, a partner in the corporate and commercial practice group of law firm Khaitan & Co said those words while talking about India’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, evinces the spectacularly long-drawn process from the bill’s ideation, drafting, to its probable passing in Parliament during the current budget s