Data Localisation Issue – All that you need to know

If the twentieth century brought the Internet as a decentralized domain, the twenty-first century is noted by the fight over the control of data. Data localization is the collection, processing, and storage of all data within the national boundaries, which is gaining momentum in India. Read this: The Data Protection Bill 2018 – Critical Analysis

What is the need?

• Data localization is needed to secure data privacy, data sovereignty, national security and economic development of the country.
• Many committees and policies recommended data localization viz – RBI, Justice BN Srikrishna Committee, the draft e-commerce policy and the draft report of the cloud policy