Data Protection Laws In India - An Analysis

Alok Kumar Singh, LLM (Criminal Law), Amity Institute of Advance Legal Studies. Noida

ABSTRACT

The famous case of Cambridge Analytica is the landmark case in series of data breach & misusing of data protection law. The same had captured the attention of the public & made questions regarding the validity of laws relating to the protection of data & affinity of the same in the present era. The scandal is so popular that it raised many queries on queries relating to the misuse of private data for psychometric & psychographic analysis. The incident occurred also connects the breach of data, misusage of data & breach of the right of users. Therefore, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, i.e., GDPR ensured that the company do handle the citizens personal data. With regards to the case of Google Spain, It is also held that the privacy of data shall be regulated after processing the personal & complete information only for legitimate, explicit and specific purpose upon which it is usually to be gathered legally & shall not be processed otherwise. Thus, the article analyses the laws relating to data protection & urge for strong framework.