The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in the
Lower House of the Indian Parliament in December 2019. It proposed
to provide for protection of personal data and to establish Data
Protection Authority ("DPA") to ensure protection of the
right to privacy of individuals. The Bill appears to have now moved
closer to being a law. Joint Parliamentary Committee
("JPC") on the Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019
("PDP Bill") is said to have adopted the final draft and
it is slated to be tabled in the Winter Session of the Parliament
starting from November 29, 2021. The text of the JPC report has not
yet been made public.
Like any other data protection regime in the world, PDP Bill is
also based on the principle of Transparency; Purpose limitation;
Data minimization; Accuracy; Storage limitation; Confidentiality
(security); and Accountability. The Bill has adopted the principles
laid down by the Supreme Court of India in K.S. Puttaswamy v.
Union of India judgm
