Ravi Shankar Prasad said Supreme Court verdict on privacy was a reaffirmation of government's position

"No safeguards were put by the UPA as to how data would be protected or the data could be used. So people challenged it saying," Mr Jaitley said.But the Congress held on to the law minister's attempt to play down the government's stand in the court. Congress leader and former law minister Kapil Sibal said it was "unfortunate" that the law minister's statement was completely contrary to the law officer's arguments in the court.ormer