Riddhima Agarwal & Tanvi Pandey, B.A.LL.B, Jamnalal Bajaj School of Legal Studies, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India
ABSTRACT
As the old saying goes, necessity has always been the mother of invention, with the emerging need for technology its scope has become immeasurable but simultaneous to that so have the nefarious realities of Information technology escalated. In recent times both large and small organizations have been victimized by data breaches, when any institution faces a data breach not only are they at a loss of productivity and credibility but also undergo a huge financial deficit to recover from them. On an encyclopedic level cyber-terrorism, ransomware-attack, breach of privacy issues, lawless government surveillance, non-consensual personal data-tracking including health status by corporations and cyber-crime have become prevalent realities. Analogous to these circumstances the requisite of cyber-security and data protection laws becomes indispensable. Through the medium of this paper, we have explored the fundamentals of cybersecurity and data protection also the acute need for the data protection act and cybersecurity laws into the bargain to protect one from exploitation and leveraging of compromised data. Furthermore, it elucidates the standing of cybersecurity and data protection laws in the future and what can be expected from it. The right to privacy is a fundamental right and it must be protected by the judicature, if not the government.
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