Data Protection Framework in India
As on date, India does not have a comprehensive legislation which deals with data protection and privacy. The existing legislations and policies are essentially sectoral in nature.
- For mitigating against privacy concerns and national security concerns, the Indian legislature and governments have over the years passed some specific laws in this regard:
- General Application: Information Technology (Reasonable Security) Practices and Sensitive Personal Data of Information rules, 2011
- Govt. Collection of Data: Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016; Aadhaar (Data Security) Regulation, 2016
- Banking Sector: Credit information Companies (Regulation) Act 2005; Credit Information ....
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