Exploring Jurisdictional Overlap In India's Data Protection Landscape

Section 38 of the Act provides that the "...provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force." The provision assumes significance primarily because data protection law is interrelated to and entwined with several other fields of law. For instance, the nexus between data protection law and cyber security is intricate, making it difficult to establish clear boundaries between these two domains. Moreover, an intersection between data protection law and competition law arises, especially in the context of data accumulation by digital platforms. Additionally, there is significant overlap between consumer protection and data protection