Macro/Finance Group, NIPFP

In August, 2017 the Supreme Court passed its decision in Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd) vs. Union of India declaring the right to privacy to be a fundamental right. In the course of the hearings before the Supreme Court, the Government constituted a committee headed by Justice BN Srikrishna (Retd) to provide inputs for the adoption of a data protection law in India. The White Paper released by the Committee in November, 2017, presented their views on a number of key issues including scope and jurisdiction of the law, appropriate rights and protections, and the regulatory mechanism to enforce these rights. The White Paper was open for public comments till January 31, 2018.

Response

• Response submitted by Vrinda Bhandari, Amba Kak, Smriti Parsheera, Renuka Sane and Faiza Rahman
• Response submitted by Suyash Rai

Press

• Towards a data protection framework for India by Vrinda Bhandari, Amba Kak, Smriti Parsheera, Faiza Rahman and Renuka Sane, on Ajay Shah's blog, 19^thFebruary 2018.
• A Pragmatic Approach to Data Protection by Suyash Rai, on Ajay Shah's blog, 9^thFebruary 2018.