Why not give personal data to state, Supreme Court asks

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that when 99 per cent of the citizens are "unconcerned" about sharing personal data with private players like Apple, how is it qualitatively different if the State has the same information.

Posing this question, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud told the counsel, "most citizens are unconcerned about where or how their personal data is used. You say there are 35 crore Internet users and 18 crore telephone users, but 99% of people are not concerned. When you operate your iPad with your thumbprint, your data is public and there it is.