Data security has assumed significant importance in the digitized world due to rising cyber-crimes. The Justice B. N. Srikrishna Committee Report addresses issues related to data security. What, in your view, are the strengths and weaknesses of the Report relating to protection of personal data in cyber space?
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Policing report: one in eight faced cybercrime, poor victims paid more bribes for redress · 30 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the introduction
Use the latest official and survey data to establish the scale of cybercrime, the premise of the question, before evaluating data protection frameworks.
- NCRB's Crime in India 2024 recorded 1,01,928 cybercrime cases, up 17.9% from 86,420 in 2023, even as total cognisable crime fell about 6%; fraud was the motive in 72.6%.
- SPIR 2026 (Common Cause and Lokniti-CSDS, 8,306 respondents in 16 States) found 13% had faced cybercrime in two to three years, and 27% frequently got calls from people posing as bank officials.
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- Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee
A direct question on the committee's report: consent, data fiduciaries, localisation and the data protection authority.
- Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026 to replace the 1891 law from 1 October 2026
The Act's integrity tests (no alteration, no system tampering) show why data security is central once banking records exist only in digital form.