DATA PROTECTION BILL: A CRITICAL STUDY

Authors: Abhijit Ghosh, Student of School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University

Best Citation – Abhijit Ghosh, DATA PROTECTION BILL: A CRITICAL STUDY, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (1) of 2023, Pg. 471-478, ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to shed light on various data protection-related provisions in Indian laws. The development of technology has made it possible for devices that are connected to the internet to collect user data, sometimes even without the user’s knowledge. Concerns over the right to privacy have arisen as a result of this. In order to understand the gaps in Indian law, a comparative analysis with other legal systems has also been conducted. These days, it is common to hear public employees threaten privacy in the name of “Procedure Established by Law” or “Public Duty,” two concepts that are arguably the most important to human survival on this planet. A person’s right to privacy, which is essentially what Article 21 of our Indian Constitution guarantees, is as essential to a peaceful life with dignity and freedom as oxygen is to the human body. The fundamental connections between data protection and privacy make them a very important and delicate area of law today. To address this issue The Data Protection Bill 2021 is the result of the Joint Parliamentary Committee’s report on the Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019, which was recommended to it. Both personal and non-personal data are covered under the Bill. Since its inception, the Bill has come under fire for being skewed in favour of the company collecting the data and for potentially having serious problems with user rights. Globally, data privacy laws have properly given users primary control over data gathering and consent.

Keywords: Privacy, Rights, Data, Data protection rights, Constitution