The Government of India told the Supreme Court of India that a revised data protection bill will be tabled in Parliament's Winter Session, ANI reports. During a hearing challenging WhatsApp's privacy notice, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court the government is "alive" to India's lack of a privacy framework and a reworked bill is "underway." Supreme Court justices asked Mehta and the government to bring the bill before Parliament to resolve the WhatsApp case or they will move to a final hearing on the matter Jan. 17, 2023.
30 Sept. 2022
Indian government reiterates intent to table reworked data protection bill
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