Protecting patient data: Indian data protection framework

The Indian healthcare sector is expected to grow into a USD50 billion industry by 2025 due to digital innovation, such as in remote healthcare, medtech, and artificial intelligence. However, cyberattacks on AIIMS Delhi, a premier Indian healthcare institution, demonstrate the importance of robust data privacy laws that protect health data and encourage innovation. This is the first of a two-part series on Indian health data protection laws and looks at present laws.