Parliamentary Panel on Data Protection Bill Summons Airtel, Uber, Ola, Truecaller

Representatives of social media giants Facebook and Twitter and e-commerce major Amazon have already deposed before the panel. Google and Paytm are scheduled to appear before the panel on October 29.

The Personal Data Protection Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on December 11, 2019. The bill seeks to provide for protection of personal data of individuals and establishment of a data protection authority for the same. The bill was later referred to a joint select committee of both Houses of Parliament. The proposed law seeks bar on storing and processing of personal data by entities without the explicit consent of an individual.