Centre To Table Personal Data Protection Bill During Monsoon Session: Official

The personal data protection bill to be tabled during monsoon session, said Lt General (Dr) Rajesh Pant, National Cyber Security Coordinator in central government on Thursday.

Speaking at the global privacy and data-protection leadership meet 2023 of Assocham, he said that time has come for all of us to understand the nuances of data protection. 

"The government of India is working on 3 major bills namely the Digital India Act which will supersede IT Act 2000 as amended in 2008, the Personal Data Protection bill which is long due will now be tabled in the monsoon session of the parliament and the Telecom bill which will supersede the Telegraph Act, 1885," Pant added. 

He also stated that as a nation all should start thinking about the importance of data which is also called the new oil or a treasure but it is only after you open the box that you realise the true worth. 

According to Gartner, 75 per cent of the global population will have its personal data covered under privacy regulation by 2024. 

The five top trends in privacy are data localisation, privacy enhancing computation techniques, AI governance, from remote to Hybrid and centralised privacy user experience. 

"Some of the key challenges being faced are increased use of AI, globalisation of economy, increasing incidence of cyber-attacks and growing public awareness on privacy issues and the industry has to be more transparent on how they collect and use customer data, give customers more control over their personal data, protect customers personal data from unauthorised access and comply with applicable laws and regulations,” he added.