Context: Data democracy presents a paradigm change putting people at the center and delivering economic empowerment to the otherwise poor population of India.
Recent committees on data governance: The principle behind the following committees is the same: data generated by the public has to be protected and cannot be harvested for free—as it is at present.
Need for data democracy:
Conclusion: The onus is on the politicians to fast track the privacy law protecting and regulating the use of personal and non-personal data.