India needs a data protection law soon, says Nandan Nilekani

Former UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani on Saturday said that India needed a data protection law “as soon as possible” as it is a “fundamental thing” so that the users can demand from the domestic or foreign companies to share their data when needed. “This is not a technology problem, but a policy problem,” he said here. Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had said earlier that the government was planning to come out with a data protection policy this year.