Data Protection : Issues and Challenges

INTRODUCTION
Ours is a digital world, protecting data, such
as that in a database, from destructive forces and
from the unwanted actions of unauthorized users
is the need of time hence data protection
essentially becomes important. Data protection
essentially involves the method and process of
securing important information from corruption
and loss.
With the advent of technology and
e-commerce, the problems related to data
protection are also increasing day by day. India
has faced a tremendous increase in cybercrimes,
data stealing etc. 2India, being the host and the
biggest platform of data outsourcing needs
an effective and well formulated mechanism
for dealing with these crimes.3India lacks a
comprehensive data protection law unlike many
developed countries as that of UK4, USA5 and
Australia6. The Data (Privacy and Protection)
Bill, 20177has been proposed by the Centre but,
it has not yet matured into a law.
The research paper essentially deals with all
the efforts that have been taken in laying down
a comprehensive data protection law and the
need for having one. The paper will bring out a
comparative analysis on data protection.