As the war between the Government and the privacy activists on Aadhaar issue is being fought, the government assured the apex court that bill on data protection will be released in March 2018.
The information was given to the bench which is hearing a batch of petitions that challenged the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act as violative of the fundamental right to privacy.
The bill is being drafted by a committee of experts headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna (retd), and has the Department of Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan, Unique Identification Authority of India head Ajay Bhushan Pandey, MeitY Additional Secretary Ajay Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology-Raipur Director Prof Rajat Moona, National Cybersecurity Coordinator Gulshan Rai, Indian Institute of Management-Indore Director Prof Rishikesha Krishnan, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's Arghya Sengupta and Data Security Council of India's Rama Vedashree as its members.
The bill is being drafted by a committee of experts headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna (retd), and has the Department of Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan, Unique Identification Authority of India head Ajay Bhushan Pandey, MeitY Additional Secretary Ajay Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology-Raipur Director Prof Rajat Moona, National Cybersecurity Coordinator Gulshan Rai, Indian Institute of Management-Indore Director Prof Rishikesha Krishnan, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's Arghya Sengupta and Data Security Council of India's Rama Vedashree as its members.
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