India: Introduction of Personal Data Protection Bill to house

The Personal Data Protection Bill (2019) was introduced to the House (Lok Sabha). It includes a comprehensive data protection regime. Among others, the bill would set out the rules for cross-border data transfers (art. 33 et seq.). Whereas sensitive personal data may be transferred outside India under the express consent of the data subject, critical personal data (as may be defined by the government) can only be processed in India. Exemptions thereof may be possible.