View: Personal Data Protection law should advance the goals of digital economy

The Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill has undergone significant changes, and is expected to be tabled in the upcoming budget session in Parliament. Around 130 countries now have data protection regulations in some form to tackle the quagmire of the data ecosystem, a near black box on personal data gathering, and processing by entities across layers. The law should lead to empowered consumers, result in more transparency, curb excessive and bad