Priyal Gupta & Utkarsh Dwivedi, Institute of Law, Nirma University
ABSTRACT
This article explores the history of data protection laws in India and further goes on to provide changes that can be made to the Bill or addition to subsequent rules, to make complete data protection a reality in India, in doing so it not only takes assistance from the current and proposed data protection laws in Indian jurisdiction. It tries to lay an emphasis over the flaws in the current bill and bring into light that what is actually on stake here and uncovering the quid pro quo that is happening between the government and the citizens for the sake of protection of their data. This article argues that the bill does not correctly address privacy-related harms in the data economy in India. Instead, the bill proposes a preventive framework that oversupplies government intervention and strengthens the state. This could lead to a significant increase in compliance costs for businesses across the economy and to a troubling dilution of privacy vis-à-vis the state.
