Laws to protect your information (Data Protection)
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Author: Advocate Kashu Shubhamoorty
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We are living in an era where the protection of personal data has become inescapable. Countries all over the world are updating their laws for processing data. Up till now, India has used the Information Technology Act, 2000 and other general laws to ensure data protection. Presently Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 has been introduced and once passed will come into force. In 2018 itself European Union has passed GDPR which is considered to be the most comprehensive law on data protection till date.
Rights of data subjects[1]provided under the GDPR make it a very consumer-friendly regulation. E.g.- Disclosure or access to own personal data, right to data portability, right to be forgotten, right to restrict processing of personal data, right to rectification, right to object or processing of data and right to object to automatic decision making by using Artificial Intelligence. «Read More »
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