Does The Personal Data Protection Bill Really Protect Your Personal Data? Part 2

(This is the first part of a two-part article series which analyses and explores the various facets of the proposed Personal Data Protection Bill in the pipeline. The first part explores the backdrop in which the Bill was proposed, and the present article analyses the specific provisions of the Bill to assess whether it is an effective legislation.)

Since its introduction in the Parliament, the Bill has created quite a controversy, with experts split in two factions for and against the Bill. Those who are in favour believe that the PDP Bill of 2019 is a great step forward for India towards regulating and securing its citizens' personal data. They believe that the way to go forward is to put in place a framework which keeps evolving and rising up to the peculiar challenges which protection of personal data entails. To them, over legislation would do more harm than good. While on the other hand, people against the bill claim that it gives unbridled power to the