Indian Govt is Working on Data Protection Law
The government is working on exclusive framework on data protection to strengthen privacy provisions and check misuse of personal information, a top official said.
IT Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said that the government has "already taken cognisance of the fact that data is being put out indiscriminately in certain cases".
She said that the IT ministry is working on exclusive framework of privacy rules which will be soon placed in public domain for consultation.
"We have written to banks, all ministries and states to ensure that citizens data is treated as sacrosanct and is used only the purpose for which it is collected. If any body found violating this, action will be taken in accordance with law," Sundararajan told reporters at an IAMAI event here.
She was responding to que...