Digital rights group flags concerns over RTI dilution in Data Protection Act

Digital rights group Internet Freedom Foundation has contradicted Union electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s defence of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which the Opposition fears will dilute the Right to Information Act.

In a statement on Friday night, the group said Vaishnaw had not addressed the INDIA bloc’s concern that Section 44(3) of the law, whose rules are soon to be notified, “weakens citizens’ right to information and transparency in governance”.