ANU SINGH & MEGHA MISHRA
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS, FACULTY OF LAW, INVERTIS UNIVERSITY, BAREILLY, UTTAR PRADESH
Abstract
“The walls have ears”, is the idiom inspired from the tale of Dionysius of Syracuse who made an ear-shaped tunnel and connected it to the chambers of his palace so that he could hear what was being spoken in another room. Modern technology has adapted from this story with some additional features. Data collecting has become so sophisticated that occasionally even a simple notion will appear on our screens right away. What could seem unsettling to the average user generates enormous financial rewards for businesses that survive on, deal with, and trade on this data. Everything we do now, including purchasing, browsing, and viewing, is done online, and this increase in online activity has given businesses access to vast amounts of data that have been used to analyze customer behaviour and habits. By 2025, 900 million Indians are expected to utilize the Internet, making the Data Protection Act essential.
The regulation intended to safeguard citizen privacy and, more critically, consumer data. The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, which has been under consideration for years, was approved by the Monsoon Session of Parliament and is now an Act after President Droupadi Murmu’s signature.
In this chapter the following discussions will be made-
- Analyze the key features of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023;
- Compare DPDP Act with its contemporary General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union;
- Discuss the adequacy of the DPDP Act concerning data protection required in India.