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Data protection law provision weakens RTI: Opp; Vaishnaw says disclosures won’t be hit
April 11, 2025 4:02 am
Ashwini Vaishnaw said any personal information that is subject to disclosure under legal obligations based on various laws governing public representatives and welfare programmes such as MGNREGA will continue to be disclosed under the RTI Act.
Why activists are worried about Section 44(3) of new data protection law
March 27, 2025 12:18 pm
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote to Minister for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Ashwini Vaishnaw on March 23 demanding the repeal of Section 44(3) of the DPDP Act, which he said would “destroy” the RTI Act.
Govt ignored Niti red flag that data protection law could weaken RTI
September 29, 2024 8:06 pm
Niti’s concern: Disclosure of personal info of public officials may not be possible in larger public interest too
Data protection rules to be released in a month: Vaishnaw
August 20, 2024 2:42 am
Union IT minister said the final draft of the rules was reviewed last week, and it is expected to be in the public domain within a month.
Data protection rules Centre’s top priority, consultation soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw
June 16, 2024 7:28 am
Last year, Parliament passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 after several previous iterations of the bill went through a number of deliberations over the span of over half a decade.
From bomb threats against schools to deepfakes in election — combatting cyber crime in India
May 07, 2024 3:12 pm
Cyber attacks such financial frauds to data breaches to crippling critical infrastructure, can affect the country in many ways. Dealing with it needs a holistic approach
We want a Digital India. Just not the one we are living in
December 26, 2023 10:07 am
Citizens are never informed about the leak of their personally identifiable information or educated about any recourse. They are left to their own devices until the next breach happens.
Big Tech asks for 12-18 months to comply with data protection Act
October 27, 2023 9:05 am
The law also heavily relies on at least 25 subordinate rules, which are yet to be promulgated by the government. But they would be necessary to enforce the law completely.
Proposed digital regulatory framework changes could vest more discretion with Centre
October 02, 2023 6:59 am
It must reassess the consequences of the proposed provisions of digital regulation and reexamine its position
In digital Bill, Govt may ban some new tech citing user harm, security
September 29, 2023 1:28 pm
While the government is still considering the emerging technologies that it wants to regulate, solutions like blockchain and metaverse are understood to be on its radar.
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