Rights activists yesterday urged the government to enact data protection law to secure privacy rights and personal data.
They said it was imperative to enact fresh law to defend privacy rights, assured by article 43 of Bangladesh constitution. Before making the law, the definition of personal information should be made more specific considering the national context and spirit, they said.
Rights activists were speaking in a national convention on “Privacy Rights Protection” at the national press club.
Protecting individual’s personal information has become more crucial than ever before and privacy was essential for enabling individuals to express themselves freely, they said. But the existing legal framework does not fully recognize the right to privacy and data protection, they said.
The convention also proposed a draft “Data Protection Law.”
