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 Most Important Data Privacy & Protection Laws you Should Know About


In recent years, the Pegasus spyware wreaked havoc in India. What turned into a worldwide spectacle, the Pegasus Project investigation confirmed that the personal devices of ministers, journalists, activists, judges and other high-profile individuals had been compromised. 


Cognizant of this breach of privacy, many victims of the vile act voiced their displeasure and took to the streets in protest. 


As technologies like AI, quantum computers, Neuralink, and others make mind-boggling advances, protecting your data and knowing your rights in the Indian judiciary system is imperative. 


In this article, I will be listing some of the most important internet data privacy and protection laws every Indian citizen must be aware of for the foreseeable future. 

Data Protection

What are Data Protection Laws?

Data Protection Laws are a set of privacy policies and procedures that focus on minimising intrusion into people’s privacy. Intrusion into people’s personal data, storage, collection and others are referred to as a data breach, and these are the most critical laws one must be aware of: 


Section 42A of the Indian IT Act, 2000, holds anyone who handles personal data negligibly liable. It dictates that a corporate body possessing or handling sensitive data is negligent in ensuring reasonable security, which leads to loss or wrongful gain to a person, liable to pay the damages to the affected individual. 


Section 72A of the Indian IT Act, 2000 deals with the disclosure of information without the permission or consent of the concerned party. If a service provider discloses personal information about a data subject without their consent is fined around Rs. 5,00,000 or imprisoned for a term of around three years. 


Section 65 of the Indian IT Act is all about data destruction. The act says that if a computer code, program, data, source code or others that are required to be maintained by law are destroyed or altered intentionally, the perpetrator may be fined up to Rs. 2,00,000 or imprisoned for up to 3 years. 


Section 66 of the Indian IT Act says that if a person performs acts of dishonesty, fraud and others referred to in section 43 may be imprisoned for around three years. The guilty party may be even fined up to Rs. 5,00,000, or both. 


Section 43 of the Indian IT Act, 2000 says that any person who damages or destroys a computer system without the owner's permission may be penalised. 


These are some of the most important IT laws one must know in India. Kindly find details on the rest of the information technology laws in the reference links below.


Note: the descriptions of the Acts or Laws are paraphrased for easy understandability. 


References & Citations:
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2. t.ly/qogk

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