03 Days National Conference On Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019

03 Days National Conference On Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 by Centre For Excellence In Centre For Emerging Legal Issues (CLI) a part of Sharda University School of Law on Thursday 04 – Saturday 06 August, 2022

About Sharda School Of Law

Sharda University, established through an Act passed by the U.P. legislature (14 of 2009) and permitted by the University Grants Commission to award degrees under Section 22 of the UGC Act 1956, is a leading educational institution based in Greater Noida, Delhi NCR. Sharda University School of Law is ranked 10th in North India among Top Private Law Schools as per India Today Law School Ranking, 2021. SUSOL offers BCI approved Five Year B.A.LL.B.(Hons.), Five Year B.B.A.LL.B.(Hons.), LL.M. and Ph.D. (Law).

About The Conference

Data protection has become a serious concern worldwide, including in India. The personal data in the hands of the data processers are always at risk of being misused, breached, and leaked. International Standards, Guidelines, and Privacy Codes recognize the right to privacy and data protection. Numerous countries and jurisdictions of the world have already enacted laws, rules, directives, and regulations to protect personal data rights. However, in India to date, there is no specific law on the protection of the personal data of individuals.

Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 has been drafted by the Government of India to provide extensive data protection rights to individuals. The present Bill was preceded by the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018. To make the provisions of the Bills stronger, two specific Reports on the aspect of data protection namely the Report on A Free and Fair Digital Economy under Justice B. N. Srikrishna and the recent Report of the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 under Sh. P.P. Chaudhary was submitted in July 2018 and December 2021 respectively.

Awaiting the passing of the Bill on Data Protection, the framework needs to have effective provisions in line with the international Models. One such change which can be introduced in India is the addition of Habeus Data Writ as exists in countries like Brazil, Argentina, Philippines, Columbia, etc. The new Writ can make the data protection regime in India a reality.

The existing patchwork of laws for the protection of personal data under the Constitution of India, Information Technology Act, 2000, Allied Rules, and various miscellaneous laws await drastic and urgent changes. The present Conference seeks to bring together all stakeholders of the data protection regime in the country and incorporate their suggestions for a stronger framework for personal data protection.

Conference Objectives

To highlight the gaps in the provisions under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and its Allied Rules on
data protection
To compare the framework for the protection of data protection in India, other countries and the European Union
To suggest possible suggestions, modifications, amendments, and alternatives for the data-protection regime in India.
To delineate the scope of personal liberty as expounded by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India
To synthesize human liberty in the provisions of the proposed Data Protection Bill in the context of the degree of social developments in India and the world.

Call for Papers

The organizers of the Conference seek to invite legal professionals, academicians, practitioners, research scholars, administrators, students, and representatives of the concerned organizations to present their research papers relevant to the below-mentioned theme and sub-themes:

Theme: Personal Data Protection and Informational Privacy

Sub-Themes

Theme-1 Concept of Data Protection, Rights akin to it and Global Personal Data Protection Laws

Personal Data Protection
Informational Privacy
Rights akin to the protection of Personal Data
Remedies for Violation of Rights of Personal Data Protection
Right to be forgotten
EU General Data Protection Regulation, 2018
Personal Data Protection Laws in Various Countries
The conflict between Individual Liberty and Rights of Government
Habeus Data Writ

Theme-2 Data Protection Law in India and Emerging Trends

Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
Analysis of Report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
Analysis of Report on A Free and Fair Digital Economy under Justice B. N. Srikrishna
Role of the Supreme Court vis-à-vis Protection of Personal Data
Article 21 vis-à-vis Personal Data Protection
Constitutional Perspective on Personal Data Protection
The themes are not exhaustive. The author can send the article on any topic related to the broad theme of the Conference.

Submission Guidelines

The abstract should be a maximum of 250 words indicating the theme of the proposed research with four-five key-words.
The full paper must be of a minimum of 3000 words and a maximum of 7000 words.
Footnotes must conform to ILI Rules of Footnoting.
Abstract and Full Paper is to be submitted in MS word format with the article’s title, Author’s name, affiliation, communication address, email, and phone details.
The abstract and the paper can be sent to: conference.law@sharda.ac.in
All the submissions would be processed through Turnitin.
A paper can be authored by a maximum of three persons (author and two co-authors).

Publication Opportunity

All the selected papers would get published in the ISBN numbered Book from a reputed publisher. All the submissions would be processed through plagiarism detection software Turnitin in accordance with international standards.