Unfortunately, India does not have a Data Protection Act. However, last month the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a directive to all banks prohibiting them from disclosing data provided by customers to the banks under the Know your customer (KYC) guidelines while opening their bank account with such banks. Under the KYC guidelines, banks must ensure appropriate customer identification aimed at monitoring transactions of suspicious nature, money laundering and for countering terrorist finance.
June 30 2004