Data bill

India will develop into a digital economy only when the digital divide is substantially breached, President Droupadi Murmu said on Saturday during the seventh edition of the Digital India Awards. President Murmu said the country had pioneered the innovation of digital products that promoted inclusion with the objective of providing the citizens affordable access to digital services. “Data is the cornerstone of creating new knowledge, insights and thus solutions. It leads to whole new fields of application. We should…

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Centre would come out with a proper policy or a new law on online gaming given the impact it has on society. During an interaction with reporters here, Vaishnaw, who holds the Railways, Communication and Information Technology portfolio, recalled that recently he had a meeting with the Information Technology Ministers of all the States, who were concerned over the effect of online gaming. "Every State has shown serious concern about the impact online gaming is having on society,…

A new bill considered by the Center proposes penalties for the data processor in the event of a data breach. The Center is framing a new data protection bill that will do something about personal data breach. Ignored for a long time, the new data protection bill will fine the data processor or data fiduciary a sum of up to ₹250 crores in case it fails to have security safeguards to prevent such personal data breaches, say sources.The new bill is currently in the drafting stage as part of the Digital Data Protection…