Srikrishna panel moots data privacy authority

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

The Justice B N Srikrishna Committee, formed to draft a data protection and privacy Bill, in a white paper on Monday suggested setting up a data protection authority, data audit, registration of data collectors, enacting provisions for protecting children’s personal data, defining penalties and compensation in the case of a data breach.

The committee, which studied the privacy and data protection laws of many countries, including the US, Singapore, Australia and the EU, has released an over 200-page document inviting comments from the public on various issues such as the definition of personal data and proposed penalties for misuse of data.