https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=40508 Section 44(3) of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act is said to substitute the RTI Act's limitation on personal-information disclosure by removing the prior public-interest safeguard. Whereas Section 8(1)(j) allowed withholding personal information unless disclosure served a larger public interest as determined by information officers or appellate authorities, the DPDP provision is criticised for barring disclosure of information "which relates to personal information" without retaining any public-interest exception, thereby inhibiting access to information on public concerns such as contracts or infrastructure safety. en-us Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:31:03 +0530 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:31:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=40508 Section 44(3) of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act is said to substitute the RTI Act's limitation on personal-information disclosure by removing the prior public-interest safeguard. Whereas Section 8(1)(j) allowed withholding personal information unless disclosure served a larger public interest as determined by information officers or appellate authorities, the DPDP provision is criticised for barring disclosure of information "which relates to personal information" without retaining any public-interest exception, thereby inhibiting access to information on public concerns such as contracts or infrastructure safety. News - Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:31:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=40508