New Delhi. The market of discussions about people’s privacy is buzzing. People react to this in different ways. Violation of the right to privacy is said to be unacceptable. Now the central government has taken a big step in this direction. In fact, the Center has released the draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. After the implementation of this draft, companies will have to pay fines for using personal data of people. At the same time, now the amount of fine has also been increased to Rs 250 crore. Provision has been made in this draft that without the consent of the customers, no company can take their personal information.
If she does so, she will have to pay a fine. Actually, the above draft has been brought in the direction of keeping the data of the citizens safe. Let us tell you that even before this, the Central Government had brought the Personal Data Protection Bill in the Parliament. The bill was introduced in the Parliament on 11 December 2019. After which it was sent to the parliamentary committee. The report of the parliamentary committee was tabled in the Lok Sabha, but it was withdrawn by the government after opposition parties protested. However, the government argued that it was tabled in Parliament after extensive deliberations.
According to the government, 21 amendments were proposed in it. Apart from this, 12 recommendations were also made. Now the draft has been presented by the government. Regarding which the opinion of all the parties will be taken. The sole purpose of introducing this draft by the government is to protect the personal information of the common people. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has also made a tweet regarding this from his Twitter handle on Friday and has also shared a link related to it. By clicking on which you can also get important information related to the bill.
Seeking your views on draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022.
Link below: https://t.co/8KfrwBnoF0
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) November 18, 2022
However, right now the market is buzzing with discussions about this step of this government. Now in such a situation, what direction will this whole matter take in the coming days. Everyone’s eyes will be fixed on this.