News Muncher

2 months ago

Reliance Jio bats for localisation at IT ministry’s data protection consultation

Reliance Jio backed the reintroduction of data localisation in the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules during a consultation convened by the information technology ministry in New Delhi, people aware …

HindustanTimes

India Personal Consultation Indian

3 months, 1 week ago

Draft data protection rules: What are the concerns related to localisation norms and government exemptions?

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on January 3, 2025, released the the draft rules for implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 — sixteen months after the …

TheHindu

India Data Information Rules

3 months, 1 week ago

First in person consultation on draft DPDP Rules

New Delhi Questions about consent and data localisation were among the key concerns raised at the government’s first consultation meeting with industry representatives on draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules …

HindustanTimes

Consent Rules Pti Act

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Data localisation only for specific purposes: IT secretary

The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules will take a targeted approach to data localisation, affecting only specific categories of personal data and for specific purposes, information technology secretary S …

HindustanTimes

India Personal Data Act

8 months, 3 weeks ago

“Microsoft Blues”: A Call For Regulatory Shift & Invoking No Fault Liability

In the digital age, the security and resilience of critical infrastructure has become a paramount concern for nations worldwide. Measures must be taken to implement a more rigorous legal framework, …

LiveLaw

India Data Information Outages

1 year, 9 months ago

Technology was a major focus of PM Modi’s U.S. visit, yet why are U.S tech firms sceptical about digital trade with India?

The story so far: During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s U.S. state visit, cooperation on technology emerged as a prominent talking point and yielded some of the most substantive outcomes, according …

TheHindu

Technology India Trade Data

2 years, 5 months ago

Are data localisation requirements necessary and proportionate?

The importance and use of data in today’s technology-driven world is immense. While governments try to reap the most by exploiting data to drive their economy, there are various other …

TheHindu

India Russia Data Protection Data

2 years, 8 months ago

Data opportunity at the G20

The global politics of data is rapidly evolving as leading and emerging digital economies like the European Union, the U.S., India, Indonesia, and South Africa strive to protect, monetise, and …

TheHindu

Global India Data Digital

2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | Why has the government withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019?

The story so far: On Wednesday, August 3, the Central government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill that it had tabled in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019. Alongside …

TheHindu

India Personal Tech Data Protection

2 years, 8 months ago

personal data protection bill pdp withdraw new must address crypto cross border data flow tax evasion industry

New Delhi: Industry stakeholders on Thursday said the new framework for Personal Data Protection Bill should emphasise on cross-border data flow and data localisation requirements, bringing ransomware, Blockchain-based crypto/NFT scams, …

ABPNews

Law Protection Data Protection Data

2 years, 10 months ago

The IPEF holds promise but there are perils too

On May 23, the Joe Biden administration took a significant step to turn the clock back to the Obama Presidency by launching its own version of a “pivot to Asia” …

TheHindu

India Climate Change China Trade

3 years, 4 months ago

Personal Data Protection Bill: 4 Reasons Why Governments Bat for Data Localisation

With the Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 being expected to be tabled sometime this week, debates around key issues in India’s data are now …

News18

Law India Personal Protection

5 years, 1 month ago

The issues around data localisation

Among the many important laws that were introduced in the winter session of the Lok Sabha was the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. The PDP Bill enables the transfer of …

TheHindu

Law Policy Personal Privacy

5 years, 4 months ago

US wants to ensure India's data localisation plan doesn't stymie growth in transactions: Mnuchin

The US wants India to ensure that its data localisation plan does not "stymie growth” and American financial transaction companies are treated "fairly", Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said. US …

IndiaTVNews

India Data Companies Issue

5 years, 9 months ago

U.S. will consider ‘301 probe’ on India, says trade official

The U.S. will consider a “301 investigation”, a probe employed as a precursor to tariffs and other trade measures against a country, against India if the trade issues between the …

TheHindu

India Trade Commerce Issues

5 years, 9 months ago

WhatsApp case proves Indian needs strong data protection law: Whistleblower

WhatsApp case proves Indian needs strong data protection law: Whistleblower In the last hearing on May 3, WhatsApp told the Supreme Court that the company is conducting a trial run …

IndiaTVNews

India Protection Data Protection Internet

5 years, 10 months ago

No H1B Visa caps over data localisation: U.S. State Department

The U.S. State Department has said that it is not considering capping the number of H1B visas for countries that adopt laws that restrict data being taken out of their …

TheHindu

India Data Trump Visa

5 years, 10 months ago

Pompeo on three-day visit to India from June 25

New Delhi, June 20 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be on three-day visit here from next Tuesday, during which he will meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. "Secretary …

TheQuint

India Trade Visit Kumar

5 years, 10 months ago

In talks with U.S. on H-1B visas; no official word on limits: MEA

India is in talks with the United States on H-1B work visas but has not heard anything official from Washington on capping such permits for Indians, the Ministry of External …

TheHindu

India Data States Indian

5 years, 10 months ago

US to limit H-1B visa for Indians to 15 per cent? All that IT professionals need to know about Trump move

Continuing on the ongoing trade tension between the US and India, the US government has said that it is planning to curb the distribution of the H-1B visa to Indians. …

IndiaToday

India Trump Indian Companies

5 years, 10 months ago

RBI to examine concerns over data localisation rule: Govt

RBI to examine concerns over data localisation rule: Govt The RBI will examine concerns around its strict data localisation rules that require storing of customer data exclusively in India without …

IndiaTVNews

India Industry Tech Data

5 years, 10 months ago

RBI to examine concerns over data localisation rule: Govt

New Delhi: The RBI will examine concerns around its strict data localisation rules that require storing of customer data exclusively in India without creating mirror sites overseas, the government said …

LiveMint

India Industry Data Companies

5 years, 10 months ago

Future of Internet policy in India: Privacy, data protection, cybersecurity among critical aspects

India’s new government was sworn in yesterday. Civil society organisations need to help address key government concerns around competition, network effects and law enforcement, which allow them to push for …

FirstPost

India Security Policy Privacy

5 years, 11 months ago

What is India’s stand on data storage?

The story so far: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg recently expressed apprehension about nations wanting to store data locally. Earlier that month, the U.S. criticised India’s proposed norms on data localisation as …

TheHindu

Law India Protection Data