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The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023: Safeguarding India's Data Landscape

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By Sandigdha Mishra, Adv. Legal Consultant, School Compliance, Child Protectionist, Life Coach advocate.sandigdhamishra@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandigdhamishra/ In a significant step towards fortifying India's data privacy ecosystem, President Draupadi Murmu has given her assent for the data protection bill, 2003 on 11th of August, 2023, the Rajya Sabha passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 on August 9th and with the Lok Sabha's prior approval on August 7th,  this gave India it's data privacy law which addresses the citizen's personal data including Children. This bill/law is designed to regulate the handling of digital personal data, has far-reaching implications for data protection, consent, and accountability within the country. The bill/law is meticulously crafted to cover a wide range of scenarios involving digital personal data. It applies to data collected within India, whether in digital form or non-digital form that is subsequentl