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Download NowBack in December 2019, India followed in the steps of several major countries worldwide and introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB). In the two years since then, the Bill has gone through some radical changes. The most important one is the inclusion of several provisions that would govern non-personal data as well.
As such, the Bill, now known as the Data Protection Bill 2021, is likely to be passed and become an official part of India's legislature as the Data Protection Act 2021. It defines the rights of data principals (data subjects), the obligations of data fiduciaries (data handlers), and penalties for non-compliance.
Moreover, it establishes a Data Protection Authority that will have the power to enforce the law and ensure that all data fiduciaries operating in India or dealing with the data of Indian citizens are doing so within the confines of the law.
The Data Protection Bill is seen as a significant upgrade on the current Information Technology Act 2000 (IT Act 2000). In the years since the IT Act 2000’s formulation, technology has evolved tenfold, leaving a void in the legislature when dealing with issues related to social media and information being collected on Indian citizens online.
The Data Protection Bill 2021 covers two distinct types of data. Additionally, it follows a similar approach to that of the GDPR and the CPRA when it comes to who needs to comply with this new law.
The Data Protection Bill 2021 applies to both personal and non-personal data. The Bill defines "personal data" as any data related to the natural person that may identify them regarding characteristics, traits, attributes, and features. "Non-personal data" is defined as any data that is not personal in nature. It is the combination of all such information that can profile an individual.
As far as the territorial scope of the Data Protection Bill is concerned, it applies to the processing of all personal data that has been "collected, disclosed, shared" within the territory of India or by a person that is under Indian law. Furthermore, it applies to all data fiduciaries that are not present in India if the collected data is used for any business purpose within India.
Under the new Data Protection Bill, the organizations or "Data Fiduciary," as they're referred to in the Bill, have several obligations towards all data subjects. These responsibilities fall under the following categories:
Data fiduciaries can only use the processed data for the purpose stated when they first acquired data subject (data principal)consent. Moreover, there's a limit to the scale and extent of data that an organization can process. This information should be disclosed to the data subject in multiple languages within a practical limit.
Other provisions existing within the bill that allow processing of a data subject’s data when the following conditions are met:
No data can be processed on a data subject without their express consent at the commencement of the data processing. Furthermore, consent would have to be of the data subject's free will after being reasonably informed of what information will be collected. If any sensitive personal data is to be collected, then consent will have to be obtained separately on each occasion.
Additionally, the consent notification will have to be specific about what information will be collected. The data subject will always retain the right to withdraw consent. The data fiduciary cannot compromise the goods' or services' quality based on the refusal of the data subject to provide consent to data collection. Similarly, the data fiduciary cannot refuse customers access to the goods or services based on their choice not to provide consent.
All data fiduciaries are required to prepare a robust privacy policy that would illustrate the managerial, organizational, technical, and business practice systems in use by the data fiduciary to anticipate, identify, and avoid harm to the data subject.
Other information required in the privacy policy includes the obligations of the data fiduciary, the technology used by the data fiduciary in processing the data subjects' data, the business interests of the data fiduciary, the mechanisms in place to protect the data subjects' data, and how the data subject is protected at every data processing stage.
Under Section 24, all data fiduciaries are required to ensure the use of the most robust encryption and de-identification methods. The data fiduciaries are also required to formulate ways to prevent the misuse, unauthorized access to, modification, disclosure, or destruction of personal data. Lastly, the data fiduciary must carry out thorough assessments of its protection measures regularly and keep the DPA informed of these assessments.
In case of a data breach, the primary data handler in charge of the processed data must inform the relevant supervisory authority about the scale of the breach and damage within 72 hours of the breach being detected.
Under Section 30 of the Data Protection Bill 2021, all data fiduciaries must hire a Data Protection Officer (DPO) to ensure appropriate data protection measures are in place as per the Bill within the organization. The DPO must be a senior-level employee within the organization
Under Section 27 of the Data Protection Bill 2021, all data fiduciaries are required to carry out an extensive data protection assessment if they plan to use sensitive personal data or use large-scale profiling techniques.
Once the data fiduciary has carried out the assessment, the DPO must review the assessment and submit it to the DPA with his findings and recommendations. At this point, the DPA can direct the data fiduciary to cease its data processing activities if the assessment is unsatisfactory in its judgment.
The Bill also requires the data fiduciary to keep a detailed and up-to-date record of the following:
The Bill is ambiguous about cross-border data transfer requirements. The Bill does require the data fiduciary to inform the data principal if they have any intention to transfer their data outside the territory of India. Moreover, the DPA also has the right to monitor the cross-border data transfers of any data fiduciary and suspend or discontinue such transfer if the DPA deems a fiduciary to be in non-compliance with the necessary data protection provisions.
The data subjects, or data principal, as they're referred to in this Bill, have the following rights:
The data principal has the right to know what information the data fiduciary has collected on them. If the data fiduciary has shared the data principal's information with other third parties, the principal must be informed of this. Furthermore, the data fiduciary's responsibility is to ensure that any information they provide to the data principal is easily understandable.
In addition to knowing what information is being collected on them, the data principal has the right to know the purpose for which the data fiduciary used their information. As such, the data principal has the right to request the correction of inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information. The data principal can also request an update of their data in addition to having the right to request deletion of their data.
However, if the data fiduciary disagrees with the data subject's request for correction, completion, update or erasure, they can request such a request with proper justification in writing for the rejection. The data principal can then follow up further request details on the matter.
The data principal has the right to request whatever data has been collected on them by the data fiduciary in a commonly used and machine-readable format. This includes information that may have been collected on the data principal in the course of the provision of services by the data fiduciary.
The data principal has the right to request a restriction to the data fiduciary's continued use or processing of personal data. The data principal can request an end to their data being processed if the purpose of collecting the data is no longer being served.
The Data Protection Bill 2021 calls on the central government of India to establish a regulatory authority called the Data Protection Authority (DPA) of India via a notification. This authority will hold power to enforce this piece of legislation across the country. It will constitute a chairperson and six full-time members, which the central government will choose based on the recommendations of the Selection Committee.
The DPA is to be headed by the Cabinet Secretary. The Attorney General of India, the Secretary to the Government of India in Legal Affairs, the Secretary to the Government of India in Electronics and Information Technology, an independent expert nominated by the central government in data protection, information technology, data management, data science, data security, cyber and internet laws, and public administration, a Director of an Indian Institutes of Management, and a Director of the Indian Institutes of Technology.
The members and chairperson of the DPA shall serve a term of 5-years or till they reach the age of 65, whichever is earlier, and will not be eligible for re-appointment.
The Bill is explicit when it comes to stating the penalties for data fiduciaries if they are in non-compliance or offense of any provisions in this Bill. These can include but are not limited to:
In the event of an offense, the data fiduciary will be penalized five thousand Indian rupees every day until they rectify the offense. This amount may reach up to ten lakh rupees in the case of major data fiduciaries and five lakh rupees in other cases.
If a data fiduciary fails to provide timely reports or information to the DPA when requested, it can be fined ten thousand rupees per day. This amount may reach up to twenty lakh rupees in the case of major data fiduciaries and five lakh rupees in other cases. Similarly, if a data fiduciary fails to comply with any DPA directives, they may be fined twenty thousand rupees per day. This amount can reach up to two crore rupees.
Organizations or data fiduciaries, as the Bill refers to them, have to ensure the following points if they wish to be compliant with the new data protection law in India:
India's Data Protection Bill 2021 holds special significance considering how India has long been a highly lucrative market for some of the biggest companies in the world. Being compliant with this new law could give companies the competitive edge they need to outperform their competitors.
Securiti has made a name for itself owing to its PrivacyOps framework that has helped multiple companies achieve compliance towards some of the major data protection laws in the world. It can do the same for your company with India's Data Protection Bill. Request a demo today to see its several tools in action and how they can help you.
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