When we come to you, you will surely feel that India’s data protection law is of a robust nature,” Prasad said during a discussion in Rajya Sabha on Thursday (November 28).

Earlier, MeitY minister of state Sanjay Dhotre informed the Lok Sabha in a written response the DPB would categorise personal data into three categories: personal data, sensitive personal data, and critical personal data.

The survey ranked countries based on constitutional protections, statutory protection, privacy enforcement, biometrics, data sharing and the government’s access to data among other things.

The Data Protection Bill (DPB) was proposed to the government of India in July 2018 by a nine-member expert committee headed by Justice BN Srikrishna.

It has also set up a committee headed by Infosys cofounder S Gopalakrishnan to decide how to regulate non-personal data. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575194774.877991/Soon-To-Be-Tabled-Data-Protection-Bill-Will-Balance-Privacy,-Protection?ref=audio_experience