Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

Yesterday, Loksabha passed DPDPB 2023 in a quick discussion rejecting the amendments proposed. This was expected and hence is considered a routine event. Now the Bill will be presented in the Rajya Sabha. This is relatively a non controversial Bill … Continue reading →

Chandrayan 3 completed a critical manoeuvre yesterday to leave the earth’s orbit and move towards the Moon’s orbit. In a few days, it will start orbiting around the moon a few times before finally landing on the moon. We are … Continue reading →

Medianama has published an article today highlighting 15 major concerns regarding the DPDPB 2023. We appreciate the efforts taken by Medianama in extracting 15 objections out of 44 sections of the Bill. It is a document which will be useful … Continue reading →

Following the presentation of the DPDPB 2023, several comments have been published in different publications. Penalty NDTV carried the following interview in which the upper limit on the penalty came for discussion. The interview clarifies a number of doubts that … Continue reading →

Yesterday (3rd August 2023), Government introduced the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 (DPDPB2023) in the Parliament. As expected there were technical objections for the introduction from the opposition members some of whom wanted it to be referred to a … Continue reading →

In what appears to be the latest version of the Bill to be tabled tomorrow, the draft DPDPB 2023 with 44 sections is now available. Click here for a Copy