The ‘personal’ in the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill may just be a part of the proposed legislation. If the recommendations of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) is accepted, then the bill may include localisation of data and data digitisation.
The Committee recently said that it has completed its discussion on more than 50 out of the total 98 clauses in the bill.
In the undergoing clause-by-clause discussion, the members of the committee are of the opinion that the bill would now focus on data, localisation of data and digitisation of data while personal data will only be part of the crucial Bill.
After Facebook, Twitter and Amazon, the committee has now invited Cyble, PayPal Payments, Mastercard India Services, iSPRIT Foundation, Visa Consolidated Supported Services for discussion in its next meetings.
The PDP Bill, 2019, which is likely to be tabled in Parliament during the Budget session 2021 seeks to ensure that the personal data of Indian citizens are safeguarded and not stored overseas.
