In summer 2018, a new Indian Personal Data Protection Bill was released by a Committee of Experts formed under the Chairmanship of Justice B.N. Srikrishna (the “Bill”), accompanied by a report titled “A Free and Fair Digital Economy: Protecting Privacy, Empowering Indians.”
The Draft Bill is largely inspired by the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which became effective from 25 May 2018 (GDPR) ...
At present, India does not have an exclusive and comprehensive data protection legislation.
The Government of India's Aadhar Card Scheme (a digital recognition initiative) stirred up a hornets' nest when allegations regrading violence of privacy was raised against the said scheme.
Covers both governmental entities and private players. Does not apply to anonymised/ non-personal data
Why Data Privacy/Protection?
Website of a multinational internet corporation was reportedly hacked and 453,000 login credentials were stolen.
