Currently, it’s only the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, along with other small sectoral laws (e.g. RBI laws), which addresses some aspects related to cyberspace and its risks. The PDP Bill has provisions for internet use by children and how data related to children is used by organisations. The PDP Bill would provide more control and transparency to consumers, enabling them to become ‘owners’ of their information. Data accumulated on/from a consumer cannot be given to third parties without the consumer’s consent. The PDP Bill would hold both private and government organisations accountable for how sensitive and personal data is used by them, hence bringing in more transparency in terms of how the government (one of the largest data collectors in the country) handles citizens’ data. This measure may even indirectly help the government in putting up mandatory additional security measures to protect this category of data, as this volume of data surely needs regulation and better control.



The PDP Bill was referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee on December 12, 2019 for recommendations. The JPC’s report, after timeline extensions granted, was submitted to the Parliament, in the Budget Session held in January 2021. There was improvement in the e-commerce policy, which is on the final stage of the draft and proposes to set up an e-commerce regulator with wide-ranging powers over e-commerce entities and platforms. The draft contained wide-ranging proposals on sharing source codes, algorithms and other data with the Government, use of non-personal data of consumers, anti-piracy, cross border data flows, etc.

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