Data Privacy & Protection Laws In India – A Critical Study

This paper deals with the laws relating to the protection of our data in cyberspace. Cyberspace is an area that is promptly developing and has become a household need of every person in our day to day activities. All types of commercial and personal activities are been conducted online. We all have a parallel life in cyberspace. Nowadays we have access to any data or information related to anybody from any place whenever we require. This emergence of technology has also given rise to e-danger to our personal and confidential information. Globalization has given acknowledgement of innovation in the entire world, according to developing prerequisites of various nations. Depending upon the usages of the internet and the amount of data stored and transmitted online needs to be protected with proper legislation. The author shall highlight various issues and challenges facing these days in the protection of the data and the existing provisions dealing with data protection along with the need for specific data protection laws in India.