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Surveillance Power, Diluting Privacy: Why Modi Govt’s Data Bill Needs Urgent Modification

How should a legal framework for data protection balance the imperatives of protecting privacy and ensuring innovation and productivity growth?

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Published on Mar 19, 2020
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How should a legal framework for data protection balance the imperatives of protecting privacy and ensuring innovation and productivity growth? In December 2019, the Narendra Modi government introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, in Parliament, which would create the first cross-sectoral legal framework for data protection in India.

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Anirudh Burman

Former Associate Research Director and Fellow, Carnegie India

Anirudh Burman was an associate research director and fellow at Carnegie India. He works on key issues relating to public institutions, public administration, the administrative and regulatory state, and state capacity.

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Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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