Deleting Aadhaar data stored with private firms a Herculean task: Experts

With a lack of data-protection law in India, there is no entity to audit whether or not private companies are actually deleting personal data of customers

Private entities might now have to delete Aadhaar data they have collected, but ensuring they actually do so is going to be an uphill task, experts claim.

With a lack of data protection laws in India, there is no entity to audit whether or not private companies are actually deleting personal data of customers.

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Pavan Duggal said it was going to open "a Pandora's box".

“Even as we speak, much of the data could have already been migrated to other territories. So, who will conduct the audit to see the whole data is deleted within the