Government says Data Protection Board will be set up soon
In short
The government says the Data Protection Board will be set up soon.
A report says the Kerala High Court ordered the Centre on October 17 to make the board functional within eight weeks. It is still not clear from the reporting whether the board is already working.
What the reporting says
The government said the Data Protection Board will be in place pretty soon, according to a publisher summary. The report notes that the Kerala High Court had on October 17 directed the Centre to make the board functional within eight weeks. The immediate timeline depends on the Centre’s action, and the reporting does not state whether the board is already operational.
Why it matters
Government sources said the Data Protection Board will be in place soon, following a Kerala High Court direction on October 17 that the Centre make it functional within eight weeks. This affects the rollout of India’s data protection framework and any companies that must comply with it. The reporting does not say whether the board has been notified or is already operational.