Govt must frame laws to prevent misuse of public data: Cyber

There is a need for the government to bring in data privacy regulations by framing policies or laws to prevent misuse of public data, cyber security expert and author Ankit Fadia said today.

The self-proclaimed ethical hacker said the government must force the operating system companies and app companies to be more transparent with consumers by informing about the private and confidential data/information which they are recording.

"It is important for the government to come out with some regulations that define what kind of data can be recorded and where it needs to be stored, how long it can be stored. It cannot be stored permanently," Fadia told reporters after launching his 20th book and his first fictional hacking themed thriller novel "The Casino Job."