Data Localisation

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TikTok's forced sale of its US business to an American company could fuel calls in many nations for local control over internet platforms and data storage within their own national borders.

Forcing TikTok to sell its US business could end up killing the open internet

Analysts say the deal could result in data nationalism and have far-reaching effects.

06 Aug 2020 8:19 PM

Terming India as a "huge market" for Facebook and its group companies, Nick Clegg said the US tech giant is "keen to make progress" on rolling out its payments services on WhatsApp.

Facebook global exec meets IT minister, discusses cross-border data flows

Facebook's Nick Clegg said data-sharing across jurisdictions is more important than where that info is located physically.

13 Sep 2019 2:59 PM

The Indian government revised E-commerce rules in 2019, inviting opposition from firms in the sector

To revive economy, India should reduce e-commerce barriers: Amazon

Amazon's India head Amit Agarwal made the statement before the inaugaration of their Hyderabad campus.

22 Aug 2019 12:26 PM

The Hyderabad centre would focus on leveraging PayPals extensive expertise in data science, risk management and machine learning to empower small and medium-sized businesses to identify and protect themselves from fraud.

PayPal mulls data localisation for India, sets up tech centre

Companies store data on global servers data localisation would require them to make additional investment.

23 Jul 2019 3:39 PM

The report said proposals of India's draft national e-commerce policy such as data localisation requirements and restrictions on cross-border data flows are "discriminatory".

US criticises India's data localisation norms, draft e-commerce policy

Policy requirements raise costs for suppliers of data-intensive services by forcing construction of unnecessary, data centres: US report

09 Apr 2019 4:11 PM

The RBI will not relax the October 15 deadline for global financial technology (fintech) companies to comply with its data localisation norms in the public interest, according to sources.

RBI sticks to October 15 deadline for data localisation in public interest

The central bank in April gave six months time to global payment companies to store transaction data of Indian customers within India.

14 Oct 2018 1:05 PM

Data localisation is an act of storing data on any device that is physically present within the borders of a particular country where the data was generated. (Representational Image)

US wants to prohibit data localisation, trade official says amid looming RBI directive

American IT companies are up in arms against the latest Indian directive which kicks off next week.

13 Oct 2018 12:12 PM

The IT Ministry has received more than 400 responses from companies, industry bodies and government departments on the draft personal data protection bill, and will take stock of suggestions before its proposed introduction in Parliament, according to a senior official. (Photo: Pixabay)

IT Ministry gets over 400 responses on draft personal data protection bill

Some suggestions were around the costs surrounding mandatory localisation or storage of data, that the bill proposes.

11 Oct 2018 4:31 PM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday met RBI Deputy Governor B P Kanungo to discuss RBI's data localisation norm for global financial technology companies. (Photo: ANI)

Arun Jaitley meets RBI DG, IT Secretary for data localisation

The meeting was also attended by Subhash Chandra Garg, Rajiv Kumar and Ajay Prakash Sawhney.

08 Oct 2018 4:17 PM

US trade groups, representing companies such as Amazon, American Express and Microsoft, have opposed India’s push to store data locally.

US tech giants plan to fight India's data localisation plans

US technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localisation requirements.

18 Aug 2018 5:57 PM

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