RTI ACT HAS TOO BEEN AMENDED UNDER DPDPA WHERE SECTION 44(3) OF DPDPA ALSO EXEMPTS DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

Right to Information Act, 2005 has also been amended under DPDPA, where section 44(3) of DPDPA now exempts disclosure of personal information under the Right to Information. There was earlier a public interest exception for disclosure of personal information under RTI. Some of DPDPA's aspects are quite glaring, while others will likely improve over time with judicial intervention. There are broad exceptions for processing of personal data by the public authority, which are not clearly defined and this could result in government overreach. Further more, the Act doesn't apply to personal data made public by the user and this means any personal data one himself making public would not be protected. The Act should ideally apply to all personal data without this exception, as some times intermediaries are involved. It would also be difficult to know how independent the Board is, given that appointments will be made by the Government. Question arise here is clear that is DPDPA perfect? , the Board, the appellate tribunal and the courts will enforce the law, draw clearer lines on the subjective parts and protect the interests of citizens and how much time it would take on the captioned subject, to see the access to information becomes a reality, where in the state Governments are taking no cognisance of the sub -section (3) of section 12 for appointing the designated posts of SCIC and SIC, becoming deletion and ignorance of law in the present system of work and conduct noticed for the welfare of society and circle and doing work for the transparency and accountability in this behalf of the demand under public utility and service for the information accessible under this Act which is held by or under the control of any public authority:-- Er. Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number, 9459334377