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Consumer engagement is essential to enhance data privacy

Kolkata, Nov01(UNI) CUTS International, a global policy research and advocacy group, organised a daylong consumer awareness workshop on Data Protection and Privacy & Impact of Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 (PDPB).
The Keynote Address by Mr. Daniel Castro Daniel David Castro, Vice President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and Director of ITIF's Center for Data Innovation, Washington DC marked the closing of the workshop.
The workshop intended to engage with key local stakeholders from north-east and east India in order to build their capacity to further engage with citizens and policy makers productively on the issues of privacy and data protection, and to also help consumers’ put forth their perspective.
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