India's Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar said data localization provisions were changed in the recent version of the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, The Hindu Business Line reports. "We want to create a framework for every legislation that allows it to evolve and we certainly will not impose hardcore data localisation as a condition," Chandrasekhar said. Localization provisions were previously a requirement for cross-border transfers of sensitive and critical personal data.
24 April 2023
Data localization provisions removed from draft DPDPB
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