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Introduction & timeline of data protection in India

It is true that soon every business will become a tech business as “data” will be the new source of income. Managing and dealing with data of so many people by businesses and organisations, large or small, cannot be as easy as you may think. Leaving this area unregulated could lead to a global crisis from human rights violation to economic domination in the market, leading to endless privacy and cyber-crimes. Hence, regulating this area should be the prime focus of our nation’s government and any other country’s government where there is no privacy regulation. India recognised “privacy” as a fundamental right back in 2017 in a landmark decision passed by the Supreme Court in Justice K S Puttaswamy v. Union of India.

Right after the declaration of the “right to privacy” as a fundamental right, in July 2017, a Committee of Experts was constituted under the leadership of…continue reading