India’s parliament approves privacy law but worries over government discretion linger

India’s parliament advanced its revised data privacy law, despite criticism for granting significant discretionary authority to PM Modi’s government.

India has all but formally implemented a much-debated and revised data protection law that will have a significant impact on many companies, thanks to its broad extraterritoriality.

Both houses of parliament voted to approve the revised legislation last week, nearly a year after the abrupt withdrawal of a previous proposal,

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