Would undermine privacy. The joint committee of Parliament examining the Bill added another element of complexity by noting the difficulty of distinguishing personal and nonpersonal data. The dissent notes submitted along with the committee report have also dashed hopes of a political consensus. Bipartisanship will buttress the law in case there judicial scrutiny following a legal challenge. The reference will be the 2017 SC judgment on privacy. The statutory vacuum is being keenly felt. Take the theft of data from public and private agencies collecting biometric information like fingerprints. This has led to people losing money from bank accounts. In May, a UIDAI advisory warning against sharing Aadhaar numbers with unauthorised entities raised some legitimate worries. There are also threats like the Pegasus malware that infects mobile phones and the opacity of data collection operations of tech companies. With the era of 5G and ever greater sharing of data between smart devices, not to mention the coming big jumps in computing power, a data protection law is not a matter of choice, it a necessity. Three Congress legislators arrested in Bengal with bundles of cash in their vehicle have set off frenzied speculation over the longevity of the Jharkhand government. With another Congress MLA alleging the hand of Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in attempts to engineer defections from Congress, the big picture doesn look promising for the JMM-Congress alliance. JMM is also in all sorts of trouble following revelations of CM Hemant Soren holding on to a mining lease even after taking office and ED raids against his close aides. Congress suspension of the three MLAs reduces the alliance numbers from 49 to 46 with 41 being the halfway mark in the house. INC is also facing dissidence in neighbouring Chhattisgarh with Bhupesh Baghel and TS Singhdeo at loggerheads. The rival factions in Karnataka and Rajasthan also share an acrimonious relationship. For GOP, losing another alliance government soon after Maharashtra will leave it with just two states where it is in government. Read also: Congress suspends 3 Jharkhand MLAs caught with cash in West Bengal The financi Would undermine privacy. The joint committee of Parliament examining the Bill added another element of complexity by noting the difficulty of distinguishing personal and nonpersonal data. The dissent notes submitted along with the committee report have also dashed hopes of a political consensus. Bipartisanship will buttress the law in case there judicial scrutiny following a legal challenge. The reference will be the 2017 SC judgment on privacy. The statutory vacuum is being keenly felt. Take the theft of data from public and private agencies collecting biometric information like fingerprints. This has led to people losing money from bank accounts. In May, a UIDAI advisory warning against sharing Aadhaar numbers with unauthorised entities raised some legitimate worries. There are also threats like the Pegasus malware that infects mobile phones and the opacity of data collection operations of tech companies. With the era of 5G and ever greater sharing of data between smart devices, not to mention the coming big jumps in computing power, a data protection law is not a matter of choice, it a necessity. Three Congress legislators arrested in Bengal with bundles of cash in their vehicle have set off frenzied speculation over the longevity of the Jharkhand government. With another Congress MLA alleging the hand of Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in attempts to engineer defections from Congress, the big picture doesn look promising for the JMM-Congress alliance. JMM is also in all sorts of trouble following revelations of CM Hemant Soren holding on to a mining lease even after taking office and ED raids against his close aides. Congress suspension of the three MLAs reduces the alliance numbers from 49 to 46 with 41 being the halfway mark in the house. INC is also faci