Must harmonise data privacy law: SC
New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The Supreme Court on Friday said that the Right to Information Act must be harmonised with the protection of private digital data under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023. The court observed further that the Centre must spell out the criteria to determine violations under the digital privacy law.
Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the 2023 amendment to the RTI Act, a bench led by CJI Surya Kant said, "We need to harmonise the RTI law and the DPDP Act as both are central statutes."...
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