NEW DELHI The Justice B.N. Srikrishna-led committee on data protection on Friday submitted its report, comprising recommendations, including on what personal data is, the consent requirements for using such data, and the penalties for misuse of personal data.
The report said, Sensitive personal data will include passwords, financial data, health data, official identifier, sex life, sexual orientation, biometric and genetic data, and data that reveals transgender status, intersex status, caste, tribe, religious or political beliefs or affiliations of an individual.
It noted that consent should be the lawful basis for the processing of personal data and the consent should be free, informed, specific, clear and capable of being withdrawn. For sensitive personal data, consent should be explicit, it said.
The committee came out with a recommendation on the right to be forgotten. It said that the right should be adopted, with the proposed data protection authority determining the eligibility of the application on the basis of five points.
Five points
The five points are i) the sensitivity of the personal data sought to be restricted, (ii) the scale of disclosure sought to be restricted; (iii) the role of the data principal (whose data it is) in public life, (iv) the relevance of the personal data to the public, and (v) the nature of the disclosure.
Regarding data misuse, the committee recommended a penalty of either a certain percentage of the total worldwide turnover of the data misuser, or a fixed amount set by the law.
It recommended that the penalty may extend up to ?5 crore or 2% of the data misusers total worldwide turnover of the preceding financial year, whichever is higher in situations where the company fails to take prompt and appropriate action in response to a data security breach.
In situations where the norms on personal data, sensitive personal data, and the personal data on children are violated, the report has recommended a penalty
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