Report of the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 - 2021
AI / PRIVACY / CYBER RELEVANCE
Important for historical interpretation of India’s privacy legislation before the DPDP Act.
AI: ModeratePrivacy: HighCybersecurity: Moderate
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- Recommendations and clause-by-clause observations on fiduciary duties, rights, security and enforcement
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Provides the Joint Committee’s detailed legislative examination of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, including the Committee’s treatment of consent, data fiduciaries, data localisation, cross-border transfers, rights, significant data fiduciaries, exemptions, regulatory institutions and enforcement. Its importance is considerable for serious research into Indian privacy law because it records the legislative reasoning and recommendations that shaped the subsequent evolution of the Bill. For AI and data protection, it is especially useful where the final statutory language is terse or where a researcher needs to understand why Parliament considered particular privacy, security, accountability or State-processing safeguards.
Classification and legal status. Parliamentary committee report; recommendatory, not binding.