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High value data like land registry, educational documents, employment, transaction and health records are required by individuals and organisations as part of their routine activities. However, the current mechanism of data exchange is mostly manual, paper based, slow and fraught with risks of tampering or theft. Governments worldwide realise the need to add stringent data regulations to safeguard people’s interest with steep penalties for non-compliance. Examples include the European Union GDPR4, India Supreme Court Ruling on Privacy3 and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act — data protection is a big deal.