...robust data protection law, that obligates non-State actors to ensure that data shared by citizens is secure and that the breach of any confidentiality would be visited with legal consequences. The...principles underlying such data protection law should cover the following amongst others:(i) That the entity or individual housing confidential information will need to put in..., home and communications.8. Protection of personal data.— Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her...

...effect:“OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Constitution of a Committee of Experts to deliberate on a data protection framework for India....The Government of India is cognizant of the growing importance of data protection in India. The need to ensure growth of the digital economy while keeping personal data of citizens secure...Court of India, to identify key data protection issues in India and recommend methods of addressing them. The constitution of the group and terms of reference are as follows...

...the British Data Protection Act 1998 was also placed on record. 4. At this point, it becomes pertinent to discuss the provision of the UK Data Protection Act..., ethnicity, politics, religion, trade union status, health, sex life or criminal record. .. Reading further in the Act [the UK Data Protection Act 1998] lays down the exceptions thus.... Any processing for the purpose of safeguarding national security is exempt from all the data protection principles, as well as Part II (subject access rights), Part III (notification), Part...

...branded products. The process of ad matching ranking and auction is completely automated and is seller agnostic.11. Commenting on its Seller Data Protection Policy, ASSPL has stated...non-public seller specific data. ASSPL stated that its Seller Data Protection Policy distinguishes between non-public, seller-specific information such as inventory and sales data, sourcing...claimed that no violation of its Seller Data Protection Policy has been detected between 01.01.2015 to 30.09.2021.12. Furthermore, ASSPL stated that the sale of Amazon brands...

...provide a certified copy of entire Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, pursuant to the amendment brought in through Section 44 (3) of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2005...enforcement of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act is available with the answering CPIO. Further, your application has also been transferred to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology...as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act is related to them. Furthermore, it may also be noted that under this Act only such information can be supplied which already exists and is held by the...

...under the garb of data-sharing.5. Mr Sibal vehemently resisting the submission of Mr Salve, would contend that WhatsApp does not share data protection of voice and messages...with the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011. Be that as it may, we would like Mr Salve to formulate his...

...account the effects of the technological challenges which arise on account of privacy. Certain conflicts may arise in particular cases of access to information and the protection of personal data...disclosure, under the Information Act. In India, there is no law relating to data protection, or privacy; privacy rights have evolved through the interpretive process. The right to privacy..., documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, log books, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating...

...who were not called at the disciplinary hearing. In addition to that and quite apart from this litigation he is entitled under the Data Protection Act to electronic records kept by the College which...show up under the Data Protection Act disclosure and he says that there are others. The one which showed up under the Data Protection Act was not regarded as being relevant under the first heading to...to the best of their knowledge and belief they have produced all the records to which Mr Kirk is entitled either as a litigant or under the Data Protection Act. Mr Kirk says that that is not so and...

...European Union leading to framing of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which governs the manner in which personal data can be collected, processed and erased. The aspect of right to be forgotten..., irrelevant and of no public interest or otherwise an illegitimate interference with their rights. The reliefs sought in those cases were based on the prevailing data protection laws and English Law...framework thus provides the national supervisory authorities with the instruments and mechanisms necessary to reconcile a data subject's rights to privacy and the protection of personal data with the...

...protection framework is in violation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the fundamental right to privacy guaranteed under Article 21 of the constitution of India as unconstitutional..., programme or grievance mechanism, (b) Declare that the implementation of the said scheme without legislative backing, without obtaining informed consent and without a lawful data..., storing or sharing any personal or health related data in individuals under the said scheme either directly or through any private entities in the absence of the valid consent and appropriate...

...information with regard to Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on 31.08.2020, the Central Public Information Officer, in his reply...

..., "2. The subject matter grievance involved in this public interest petition raises an important issue about the protection of personal data and banking details of customers of the Bank inasmuch ...incorporating and in not providing for the requirement of compliance of the aforesaid statutory provisions relating to protection of personal data, the entire aspect of safety of such personal data has been...tribunals and that he carries interest in data privacy laws. He is stated to be a public spirited individual. While researching and working on legal issues on data privacy and protection in connection...

...Personal Data Protection Act 2023 received presidential assent and was published in the Official Gazette of India (the Act has not yet been enforced). After hearing the parties and other interveners, the...Court also noticed the contention of the Attorney General of India and other Senior Advocates that Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022 is on anvil. It is submitted that when the Hon'ble...approved by the Hon'ble President and Gazetted namely Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 on 11.08.2023 and the Commission was to await the enforcement of the Act for finding any violation by...

...is meant by “invasion of privacy” within the RTI Act. We have no equivalent of UK's Data Protection Act, 1998, Sec 2 of which, titled Sensitive Personal Data, reads as...committed by him, the disposal of such proceedings or the sentence of any court in such proceedings.If we were to construe privacy to mean protection of personal data, this would be a suitable...follows:In this Act “sensitive personal data” means personal data consisting of information as to:a) The racial or ethnic origin of the data subjectb) His...

...human beings worldwide. However, the concept of ‘privacy’ is a cultural notion, related to social norms, and different societies would look at these differently. Therefore referring to the UK Data...protection act or the laws of other countries to define ‘privacy’ cannot be considered a valid exercise to constrain the Citizen's fundamental Right to Information in India. Parliament has not codified the...

...appellant has sought the following information pertaining to the public notice dated 14/08/2018 titled "Feedback on Draft Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP)" and soliciting comments from General...sought from the group dealing with Personal Data Protection Bill, however, the reply was nil. From both the letters, it is clear that the information sought by the appellant was not available with the...

...) soliciting comments of general public on the report and draft Personal Data Protection Bill: 1. Provide the number and a list of the names of persons who submitted comments...the feedback process of the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill. 3. Provide a copy of all the comments and feedback received in electronic form on CD or by copies made... connection with the Data Protection Bill, 2018 and not related to the Data Protection Bill, 2019. The CPIO...

...(1) (j) and stated that There is no clear definition of what is meant by invasion of privacy within RTI act also there is no equivalent of UKs Data protection Act, 1998...to be construed as what is privacy to mean of protection of personal data, then the above case would be a suitable reference point to help define concept. As will be seen form the above, information...First appellate authority that based on the UK Data Protection Act, the information can be considered sensitive personal data and hence can be denied. The Commission can allow denial of information only...

.... 5. Judgment of High Court of Gujarat Dharamraj Bhanushankar Dave v. State of Gujarat. 6. Relevant Excerpts of Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019...Parliament and of the Council on 24 October, 1995 on the protection of individuals with regards to processing of personal data and on the free moment of such data and of Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental...recourse if any other available in law. The applicant has also relied upon the excerpts Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. the object of which was to provide for protection of privacy of individuals...

...Commission, we have been guided by the Data Protection Act of 1998 of U.K. and the USAs Law of Torts on privacy. These lay down as follows: U.K. Data...Protection Act 1998, In the U.Ks. Data Protection Act 1998, Sec.2 titled Sensitive Personal Data, defines this as personal data consisting of information as to: a. The racial or ...all exemptions u/s 8(1), which requires that the recourse to exemption of any nature needs to be fully explained: It is a fact that we do not have a law on the protection of privacy in India. In this...