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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

SC asks MeitY to examine PIL seeking recovery or destruction of stolen personal data of citizens

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to consider a PIL as a representation seeking a robust mechanism to recover or destroy the personal data of Indians allegedly stolen and stored on foreign servers.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi was hearing a PIL filed by Nitish Kumar, a cyber security consultant.

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