🌺Is there a simple explainer on the data protection bill?
Pirate Bady@aura #IndianGovernment: #DataPrivacy is your fundamental right, #PrivacyBreach is our right!
#PersonalDataProtectionBill
@aura Justice B N Srikrishna, drafter of the original #PersonalDataProtectionBill, warned that it can make #India an #OrwellianState
“They have removed the safeguards. That is most dangerous. The government can at any time access private data or government agency data on grounds of sovereignty or public order. This has dangerous implications.”
https://economictimes.com/news/economy/policy/personal-data-protection-bill-can-turn-india-into-orwellian-state-justice-bn-srikrishna/articleshow/72483355.cms
@bady I have read this. But I want to know what exactly it means in layman jargonless terms. What all can be accessed? Emails, texts, data we store on our device memories?
@aura okay, then the following links from #SFLC India (Software Freedom Law Center), might help.
Summary of the draft bill published in 2018: https://privacy.sflc.in/summary-of-the-personal-data-protection-bill-2018/
Brief analysis of the same:
https://privacy.sflc.in/brief-analysis-of-the-personal-data-protection-bill-2018/
Statement on cabinet approval of the bill:
https://sflc.in/our-statement-cabinet-approval-personal-data-protection-bill-2019
Summary of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018
This is a summary of the key provisions of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 (“the Bill”/ “the Act”). The Bill has been divided into 15 Chapters. It is composed of 112 Sections, with 2 schedules and 4 recitals. According to Section 1 of the Bill, the law shall apply
@bady thank you