A group of major tech companies, and several other organizations, have drafted a letter to be sent by Sept. 30, urging the Indian government to reconsider the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018, Reuters reports. The letter is supported by the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum, India’s NASSCOM and the U.S.-based Information Technology Industry Council, which represents tech companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook. The groups are concerned the data protection bill will increase compliance and infrastructure costs and negatively impact foreign investments. “The potential fear of restricting cross-border data flow would impact the business models of several Indian as well as global companies,” a draft of the letter acquired by Reuters states.
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