Keeping up with the Times: India's Proposed Digital Law

Taking a step towards laying the groundwork for a digitally advanced India, the Ministry of Information and Technology (“MeitY”), on 9th March 2023, released a presentation on the proposed Digital India Act, 2023 (“DIA”).

The Digital Data Protection Bill 2022

With so many iterations of personal data protection laws over the past four years, the details of the latest draft may blur into the background. Here's a ready reckoner of some distinctive features of the latest draft data protection bill.

An overview of the Draft Digital Personal Data Protectoin Bill, 2022

The Ministry of Information and Technology on 18th November, 2022 released its fourth iteration of the proposed personal data regulatory regime; the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022. This Bill aims at providing a business-friendly and comprehensive legislation. The overview provided herein aims at providing a consolidated, preliminary view of the Bill as well as a base understanding for the upcoming series which addresses various improvements the Bill brings to the fray while also highlighting lacunae in the same. The series aims at providing a comprehensive market outlook of the proposed data protection law.