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NEW DELHI, Aug 3 - India's government on Wednesday withdrew a data protection and privacy bill which was first proposed in 2019 and had alarmed big technology companies such as Facebook and Google, announcing it was working on a new comprehensive law.
IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Reuters the government has started drafting the new bill,"which is in good advanced stages", with a public release"very close". "It is good that there will be a redraft from scratch," said Prasanto Roy, a New Delhi-based consultant who closely tracks India's technology policy.
CONCERN OVER DATA MISUSE India says such regulations are needed to safeguard the data and privacy of citizens. Lawmakers have said that concerns about misuse of sensitive personal data have risen exponentially in India.
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