The Hindustan Times reports Reserve Bank of India deputy governor T Rabi Sankar said the new draft data protection bill should include protections for customer data. He also cautioned that monetization of customer data should offer “some level of consent.” Last month, Indian Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw suggested a new data protection bill could be tabled during Parliament's next budget session in January 2023.
13 Sept. 2022
Call to protect customer privacy in India's new draft data protection bill
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