Justice B N Srikrishna Committee

Retired Justice B N Srikrishna on Thursday said anonymous data is not foolproof and can be de-anonymised in future

The Personal Data Protection (Draft) Bill, 2018, presented by the Justice B N Srikrishna panel, has a section on the right to be forgotten, even as it does not provide the right to erasure

The Srikrishna Committee has suggested a turnover-based threshold for kicking in data localisation

Aligning the existing laws with the new regime may turn out to be a humungous exercise, say experts

Srikrishna committee on data privacy gives companies exemption from seeking consent for work-related information due to "unique nature of the relationship" between the employer and employee

An industry representative and an academician had expressed their reservations during the deliberations, says Srikrishna

Srikrishna committee report has several loopholes

The report examined the RTI Act, specifically Section 8(1)(j), which deals with unwarranted invasion of privacy and allows for requests for information to be denied if they breach it

The collection and processing in such situations may be covert and expedited, thereby making consent inapplicable

If the phrase 'privacy' is deleted from RTI Act, it saves the legislation from some of the complexities but that doesn't mean that the right to privacy would no longer apply in the context of RTI Act

Panel was set up on July 31 following a govt decision to make Aadhaar compulsory for all its services