Why is it in news?
The Union Cabinet cleared the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill recently. The clearance paves the way
for the Bill to be introduced in Parliament in the
Monsoon Session, scheduled to begin on July 20.
UPSC SYLLABUS RELEVANCE for prelims and Mains:
Prelims:
Indian Polity and Governance
Mains:
General Studies II:
Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional
Important concepts:
Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill
Today’s prelims practice question:
- Consider the following statements about the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill: 1. As per the draft bill, courts and law enforcement agencies enjoy wide
exemptions from key requirements.
- In the Shah Bano case, privacy was declared as key to the fundamental right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Which among the statements mentioned above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Correct answer: A
Explanation:
The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill comes after multiple versions floated by the Union government, a process that was started way back in 2017 with the K.S. Puttaswamy v Union of
India judgment, where privacy was declared as key to the fundamental right to