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Government Withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill, Plans New Set of Legislations

-TheWire.in

The withdrawn Bill had, controversially, sought to provide the government with powers to exempt its probe agencies from the provisions of the Act.

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill from the Lok Sabha and said it would come out with a “set of new legislation” that will fit into a ‘comprehensive legal framework’.

IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said this while moving for withdrawal of the Bill in the House, according to news agency PTI.

The withdrawn Bill had proposed restrictions on the use of personal data without the explicit consent of citizens. It had, controversially, also sought to provide the government with powers to exempt its probe agencies from the provisions of the Act, a move that was strongly opposed by opposition MPs who had filed their dissent notes.

The government would hold a wide public consultation before putting the new legislation to parliament, official sources said.

According to PTI, the Bill could be replaced by more than one Bill, dealing with privacy and cyber security and the government may bring the new set of Bills in the winter session of Parliament.

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