To Honourable Minister of IT, Government of India, New Delhi
Dear Sir
I refer to the Business Standard news today stating that the DPDPA rules is expected in another month, my first reaction was that this could be a fake news. Refer here:
We have heard this “One Month” phrase so many times and this time it comes with the extension of public consultation period from 30-45 days to 45-60 days. Any AI news robot can generate such news articles periodically and we feel this could be one such AI created news.
If MeitY is expecting that Meta and Amazon or Google will give their approval before MeitY releases the draft, I am afraid it will never happen. Probably their head offices will not approve the draft till their Presidential elections are over. We have waited for our elections to be over and now we have to wait for elections in US to be over.
I am also not aware why MeitY tries to consult the same companies who file cases against MeitY for any rule or law published. It is a shame that we see the lawyers of FaceBook and WhatsApp challenge the Intermediary Guideline in the Court in the morning and MeitY invites them in the afternoon for discussions on the next set of laws on DPDPA which we know they may challenge in the Court.
It is a tragedy that there is a feeling that MeitY lacks self confidence about its capability of functioning without consulting the vested interests.
Kindly change this perception.
We as professionals are embarrassed at the procrastination, which was the hall mark of the MMS Government and we do not want it to be inherited by Modi 3.0. You were once a professional and hope would understand our predicament when we interact with peers from other jurisdictions. I suppose you are as embarrassed if not more to say again and again that the rules will come next month.
We have lost all our excuses of why Modi Government is unable to give effect this law since 2018. Kindly give some reasons for the delay rather than giving new timelines.
Naavi
