Digital Personal Data Protection Act Will Ensure Firms Handle Data of Indians Legally: IT Minister

The minister said firms will face punitive consequences of high penalty in cases of non-compliance.

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 17 August 2023 19:25 IST

Digital Personal Data Protection Act Will Ensure Firms Handle Data of Indians Legally: IT Minister

Photo Credit: Facebook/ Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The minister claimed that the law would stop the misuse of personal data by some companies

Highlights

The Data Protection Bill was passed in the Parliament recently
The IT minister said the law would be implemented within 10 months
He called the law an important milestone in the cyber law framework

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) passed by Parliament recently will make digital companies handle the data of Indian citizens under absolute legal obligation.

Calling the law an important milestone in the cyber law framework, Chandrasekhar said there will be punitive consequences of high penalty and even blocking them from operating in India.

"The Digital Personal Data Protection Act that was passed by Parliament a few days ago is a very important milestone in the global standard cyber law framework that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to build for the India ‘Techade' (a decade of technology) for a trillion-dollar digital economy," the union minister told PTI.

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Is Now Officially an Act

“The DPDP Bill is aimed at giving Indian citizens a right to have his or her data protected and casts obligations on all companies, all platforms be it foreign or Indian, small or big, to ensure that the personal data of Indian citizens is handled with absolute (legal) obligation,” Chandrasekhar said.

“If they do not comply with the Indian regulations, then there will be punitive consequences of high penalty and fines, and if they repeatedly violate the law they can be blocked,” he added.

The minister claimed that the law would put brakes on the practice of misuse and exploitation of personal data by some companies.

Data Protection Law Expected to Be Implemented in 10 Months: IT Minister

Chandrasekhar opined that the bill would bring deep behavioural change among all digital platforms that deal with the Indian citizens and their personal data.

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