The Data Protection Bill, 2018 (“Bill”) provides strict standards for processing sensitive personal data and data pertaining to children, whereby any such data may be processed by an entity only on the basis of grounds specifically provided by the Bill.
In this Statutory Gyan, we summarise the permissible grounds for processing sensitive personal data and data pertaining to children under the Bill and the penalties for their non-compliance.
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