India – home to the second largest internet user population in the world – still does not have its own data protection law. With the draft legislation, it has finally taken a step towards proposing a comprehensive data protection and privacy framework. IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will now review the draft and decide whether to introduce it in Parliament.

The Supreme Court’s judgment in August last year affirming privacy as a fundamental right was supposed to be the guiding principle for the 10-member committee.

The big question is, does the draft bill do enough to protect our fundamental right to privacy?