India, June 22 -- In the four previous Series of these articles, we have tried to establish the meaning of Privacy, its relation to Data & Protection, as per the Indian PDPB2019 (Series I & II) We have discussed Data Privacy in some detail, as well as the concept of Personal & Sensitive Personal information (Series III). In the last (Series IV) we have touched upon Data Classification.

In this Fifth (& Sixth) Series of Article, we learn how Data is to be treated as per the Indian PDPB2019.

The entire applicability is summarised in Section 2 of the Act which states as under Indian PDPB2019,

Application of Act to processing of personal data

The provisions of this Act shall apply to,

(a) the processing of personal data where such data h...