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India: Introduction of Personal Data Protection Bill to house

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Introduction of Personal Data Protection Bill to house

Introduction of Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 to House (Lok Sabha), which includes a comprehensive data protection regime and restrictions on international data transfers.

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2019-12-11
under deliberation

Introduction of Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 to House (Lok Sabha), which includes a comprehe…

2021-12-16
under deliberation

On 16 December 2021, the Indian Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Personal Data Protection…

2022-08-03
rejected

On 3 August 2022, the Indian Government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill (2019) which had…