With almost 1bn people connected to the internet, India has pioneered one of the world’s largest digitisation drives, capturing citizens’ personal information through its Aadhaar ID system and building out an extensive network of digital infrastructure known as the India Stack. However, it has lacked a law governing the sharing of data by companies, government agencies and others. Human rights groups said this left information open to misuse and businesses complained it made their position vulnerable.

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