India: Adopted India Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 including cross-border data transfer regulation
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Adopted India Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 including cross-border data transfer regulation
On 9 August 2023, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 was adopted by the Rajya Sabha (Parliament’s upper house). The Bill allows the Central Government to restrict the transfer of personal data by a data fiduciary to foreign countries or territories outside India through a notification. The Bill will now be presented to the President for assent.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2023-08-03
under deliberation
2023-08-07
under deliberation
2023-08-09
adopted