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U.S. tech giants plan to fight India’s data localisation plans
Why in the news ?
- U.S. technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localisation requirements, which they say will undermine their growth ambitions in India.
Details
- The government committee on data privacy last month proposed a draft law, recommending restrictions on data flows and proposing that all “critical personal data” should be processed only within the country.
- U.S trade groups, representing companies such as Amazon, American Express and Microsoft, have opposed India’s push to store data locally.
- That push comes amid rising global efforts to protect user data but is one that could hit planned investments by the firms in the Indian market, where the companies currently have limited data storage.
- Technology firms worry the mandate would hurt their planned investments by raising costs related to setting up new local data centres.
- The issue could further undermine already strained economic relations between India and the United States.
Source
The Hindu