Commentaries by Soumyabrata Chakraborty

India’s Data Protection Act Is More About the Processing of Personal Data Than it Is About Privacy

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India’s Data Protection Act Is More About the Processing of Personal Data Than it Is About Privacy

Soumyabrata Chakraborty

August 28, 2023 06:00:40 pm

Six years after the Indian Supreme Court recognised a fundamental right to privacy, the country finally has comprehensive data protection legislation in the form of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, of 2023 (DPDP Act). The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 (DPDP Bill 2023) was introduced in the lower house of the Indian [...]

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