Govt committed to protecting privacy of individuals, PDP Bill to strengthen legal framework: IT Min

New Delhi: The government is fully committed to protecting the privacy of individuals and the data protection bill will further strengthen the legal framework around privacy, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday. The concerns and doubts around Aadhaar have already been addressed “meticulously” and the biometric ID has led to inclusive development, bringing full benefit of government schemes to the poor and marginalised, the minister said.

“The concerns which were there (on Aadhaar) have already been addressed very meticulously, through a very long process in which the Supreme Court judgement came, lots of regulations have been made. Those things have been settled. The data protection bill will further strengthen that legal framework,” Vaishnaw said while speaking at an event to inaugurate the three-day workshop ‘Aadhaar 2.0’.