Russia accepts Paris climate accord
Russia said it would implement the 2015 Paris Agreement to fight climate change after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a government resolution signifying Moscow’s final acceptance of the deal.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21553-russia-accepts-paris-climate-accord.html
#Paris #DmitryMedvedev #COP21 #UNFCCC #climateaccord #Russia
Google wins ‘right to be forgotten’ fight
Google won its fight against tougher “right to be forgotten” rules after Europe’s top court said on 24 September 2019 it does not have to remove links to sensitive personal data worldwide, rejecting a French demand.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21552-google-wins-right-to-be-forgotten-fight.html
#Googlewins #forgotten #ECJ #GDPR #BNSrikrishna #CNIL
Exercise Tiger Triumph
India and the United States are set to hold their first tri-services exercise codenamed Tiger Triumph at Visakhapatnam and Kakinada in November this year. India-US tri-services 'Exercise Tiger Triumph' is being organised under the aegis of the headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21551-exercise-tiger-triumph.html
#ExerciseTigerTriumph #India #UnitedStates #HADR #FPC #IndianArmy
New frog named after Greek goddess
A team of scientists from Delhi University and the Zoological Survey of India have discovered a new species of rice frog or chorus frog in Arunachal Pradesh.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21550-new-frog-named-after-greek-goddess.html
#frog #Greekgoddess #microhylaeos #RaniJheel #ArunachalPradesh
Russia said it would implement the 2015 Paris Agreement to fight climate change after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a government resolution signifying Moscow’s final acceptance of the deal.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21553-russia-accepts-paris-climate-accord.html
#Paris #DmitryMedvedev #COP21 #UNFCCC #climateaccord #Russia
Google wins ‘right to be forgotten’ fight
Google won its fight against tougher “right to be forgotten” rules after Europe’s top court said on 24 September 2019 it does not have to remove links to sensitive personal data worldwide, rejecting a French demand.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21552-google-wins-right-to-be-forgotten-fight.html
#Googlewins #forgotten #ECJ #GDPR #BNSrikrishna #CNIL
Exercise Tiger Triumph
India and the United States are set to hold their first tri-services exercise codenamed Tiger Triumph at Visakhapatnam and Kakinada in November this year. India-US tri-services 'Exercise Tiger Triumph' is being organised under the aegis of the headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21551-exercise-tiger-triumph.html
#ExerciseTigerTriumph #India #UnitedStates #HADR #FPC #IndianArmy
New frog named after Greek goddess
A team of scientists from Delhi University and the Zoological Survey of India have discovered a new species of rice frog or chorus frog in Arunachal Pradesh.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21550-new-frog-named-after-greek-goddess.html
#frog #Greekgoddess #microhylaeos #RaniJheel #ArunachalPradesh
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Today's Headlines - 08 August 2023
Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 cleared
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)
The Lok Sabha on 7 August 2023 passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, a first-ever legislation dedicated for digital privacy amid concerns of MPs regarding the removal of the data localisation mandate and increased government control.
More about the Bill
The Bill was passed with an amendment to a minor drafting error. Once the Bill comes into effect, all digital platforms will be required to obtain unconditional, free, specific, and informed consent from users for processing their data.
They will also need to issue a notice explaining the purpose of data processing and the rights of the users.
The government will appoint a data protection board, an independent body that will examine personal data breaches and impose penalties.
The latest version of the Bill does not mandate local storage of personal data, providing a major relief to big tech firms like Google, Meta, and Amazon.
The government may, however, notify a list of countries in future, where data cannot be transferred.
The Bill prescribes penalties of up to Rs 250 crore for each instance of a data breach arising from a lack of reasonable safeguards on platforms.
The government may block the operations of entities not complying with the law even after two instances of penalties. The draft Bill of the final version was released for public consultation in November 2022.
Models for data protection laws
The EU model:
The GDPR focuses on a comprehensive data protection law for the processing of personal data.
It has been criticised for being excessively stringent, and imposing many obligations on organisations processing data, but is the template for most of the legislation drafted around the world.
In the EU, the right to privacy is enshrined as a fundamental right that seeks to protect an individual’s dignity and her right over the data that she generates.
The US model:
Privacy protection is largely defined as a “liberty protection” — focused on the protection of the individual’s personal space from the government, and, therefore, is viewed as being somewhat narrow in focus by virtue of enabling the collection of personal information as long as the individual is informed of such collection and use. The US template has been viewed as inadequate in key respects of regulation.
Unlike the EU’s GDPR, there is no comprehensive set of privacy rights or principles that collectively address the use, collection and disclosure of data in the US. Instead, there is limited sector-specific regulation. The approach towards data protection in the US is different for the public and private sectors.
The China model:
New Chinese laws issued over the last 15 months on data privacy and security includes the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which came into effect in November 2021. It gives Chinese data principal’s new rights as it seeks to prevent the misuse of personal data.
The Data Security Law (DSL), which came into force in September 2021, requires business data to be categorised by different levels of importance and puts new restrictions on cross-border transfers.
These regulations will have a significant impact on how companies collect, store, use and transfer data, but are essentially focused on giving the government overreaching powers to both collect data and regulate private companies that collect and process information.
#upsc #news #headline #personaldata #protection #bill #polity #digital #EU #GDPR #personal #information #data #transfer #crossborder #business #collect #store #power #DSL #PIPL
Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 cleared
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)
The Lok Sabha on 7 August 2023 passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, a first-ever legislation dedicated for digital privacy amid concerns of MPs regarding the removal of the data localisation mandate and increased government control.
More about the Bill
The Bill was passed with an amendment to a minor drafting error. Once the Bill comes into effect, all digital platforms will be required to obtain unconditional, free, specific, and informed consent from users for processing their data.
They will also need to issue a notice explaining the purpose of data processing and the rights of the users.
The government will appoint a data protection board, an independent body that will examine personal data breaches and impose penalties.
The latest version of the Bill does not mandate local storage of personal data, providing a major relief to big tech firms like Google, Meta, and Amazon.
The government may, however, notify a list of countries in future, where data cannot be transferred.
The Bill prescribes penalties of up to Rs 250 crore for each instance of a data breach arising from a lack of reasonable safeguards on platforms.
The government may block the operations of entities not complying with the law even after two instances of penalties. The draft Bill of the final version was released for public consultation in November 2022.
Models for data protection laws
The EU model:
The GDPR focuses on a comprehensive data protection law for the processing of personal data.
It has been criticised for being excessively stringent, and imposing many obligations on organisations processing data, but is the template for most of the legislation drafted around the world.
In the EU, the right to privacy is enshrined as a fundamental right that seeks to protect an individual’s dignity and her right over the data that she generates.
The US model:
Privacy protection is largely defined as a “liberty protection” — focused on the protection of the individual’s personal space from the government, and, therefore, is viewed as being somewhat narrow in focus by virtue of enabling the collection of personal information as long as the individual is informed of such collection and use. The US template has been viewed as inadequate in key respects of regulation.
Unlike the EU’s GDPR, there is no comprehensive set of privacy rights or principles that collectively address the use, collection and disclosure of data in the US. Instead, there is limited sector-specific regulation. The approach towards data protection in the US is different for the public and private sectors.
The China model:
New Chinese laws issued over the last 15 months on data privacy and security includes the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which came into effect in November 2021. It gives Chinese data principal’s new rights as it seeks to prevent the misuse of personal data.
The Data Security Law (DSL), which came into force in September 2021, requires business data to be categorised by different levels of importance and puts new restrictions on cross-border transfers.
These regulations will have a significant impact on how companies collect, store, use and transfer data, but are essentially focused on giving the government overreaching powers to both collect data and regulate private companies that collect and process information.
#upsc #news #headline #personaldata #protection #bill #polity #digital #EU #GDPR #personal #information #data #transfer #crossborder #business #collect #store #power #DSL #PIPL