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Big Tech lobby group rejects India data sharing plan
- Tuesday | 11th August, 2020
The panel proposed a mechanism for firms to share data with other entities – even competitors – saying this would spur the digital ecosystem. The report, if adopted by the government, will form the basis of a new law to regulate such data. “Forced data sharing”India’s plan to regulate non-personal data is the latest irritant for US tech companies that have been battling tighter e-commerce rules and data storage norms that several countries are also developing. The lobby group expresses concern about the panel’s recommendation to mandate local storage for non-personal data, describing this as a “dramatic tightening” of India’s international data transfer regime. The Indian panel has listed research, national security and policymaking among purposes for which such data should be shared.
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