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Officials say the Srikrishna committee, which was set up amid an uproar against the Union government's decision of making Aadhaar mandatory for accessing government services on July 31, has met thrice and has been apprised of various technical issues. It is likely to come out with a concept paper listing various issues — including cloud security, cloud privacy, interoperability, compatibility and cross-border data transfers — this week.

“The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology wants to bring a privacy Bill in the upcoming winter session of Parliament,” the official says. “The concept paper is the first step in this direction.”

The timeline for bringing the privacy Bill seems ambitious as the committee is yet to hold consultations with various stakeholders, including privacy activists. The official said the committee may look at a similar draft, which was prepared during the previous government, on data protection and privacy. The draft specifies usage of data and punishment in case of leak of data.