white_paper_on_data_protection_in_india_171127_final_v2
Submission of responses to this White Paper may be made through the Web Form available at: https://innovate.mygov.in/data-protection-in-india/ In case you wish to submit written comments/feedback, same may be sent to: Shri Rakesh Maheshwari Scientist G & Group Co-ordinator, Cyber laws Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003. Submission made through the Web Form is preferred. The deadline for submission of responses is 31 st December, 2017. iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword................................................................................................................................................. i PART I ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Context-Setting ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1. A Digital India in a Digital World ................................................................................................ 1 2. Data Protection: Genesis and Rationale........................................................................................ 4 (i) Data Protection and the Value of Privacy ..................................................................................... 4 (ii) The Evolution of Privacy Principles ............................................................................................. 6 3. Comparative Approaches to Data Protection.............................................................................. 10 4. Data Protection in India .............................................................................................................. 14 (i) Judicial Developments on Right to Privacy ................................................................................ 14 (ii) Legislative Developments .......................................................................................................... 16 (iii) The AP Shah Committee Report ................................................................................................ 22 5. Possible Approaches ................................................................................................................... 22 PART II ............................................................................................................................................... 24 Scope And Exemptions ....................................................................................................................... 24 Chapter 1: Territorial And Personal Scope ..................................................................................... 24 1.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 24 1.2. Issues .......................................................................................................................................... 24 1.3. International Practices ................................................................................................................ 25 1.4. Enforceability of provisions of laws ........................................................................................... 27 1.5. Provisional Views ....................................................................................................................... 28 1.6. Questions .................................................................................................................................... 28 Chapter 2: Other Issues of Scope ...................................................................................................... 30 2.1 Natural/Juristic Persons .............................................................................................................. 30 2.2 Horizontality of Application (Public versus Private Sector) ...................................................... 31 2.3 Retrospective Application .......................................................................................................... 31 2.4 Provisional Views ....................................................................................................................... 32 2.5 Questions .................................................................................................................................... 32 Chapter 3: What is personal data? .................................................................................................... 34 3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 34 3.2. Issues and International Practices ............................................................................................... 34 (i) Information or data? ................................................................................................................... 34 (ii) Information about/relating an individual .................................................................................... 35 (iii) Identified or Identifiable Individual ............................................................................................ 36 (iv) Pseudonymisation and Anonymisation ....................................................................................... 37 (v) Personal Data and New Technologies ........................................................................................ 37 (vi) A layered approach? ................................................................................................................... 38 3.3. Provisional Views ....................................................................................................................... 39 3.4. Questions .................................................................................................................................... 39 Chapter 4: Sensitive personal data .................................................................................................... 41 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 41 4.2 Issues and International Practices ............................................................................................... 41 4.3 Provisional Views ....................................................................................................................... 43 4.4 Questions .................................................................................................................................... 43 iv
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