Archives for data localisation

04 Jul

Digital India Act Expectations & Concerns 

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The draft of the Digital India Bill is set to undergo public consultation this month.  The need for a new regulatory landscape arises from India’s digital revolution—which has rendered the current regulation outdated. The existing IT Act has limitations in terms of recognising electronic records, transactions, and electronic signatures. While the internet, devices, and information […]

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05 Oct

Will Government Of India Change Its Stance On Data Localisation?

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Will India change its stance on data localisation due to pressure from US government as well as slowing growth in global trade? As part of the localisation bill, RBI had already instructed all banking institutions to implement it with an October 15 deadline. Just recently, it also clarified exceptions to the localisation bill which were…

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09 Aug

Hybrid Cloud Storage Is The Answer To The Proposed Data Localisation Bill, Says Vivek Tyagi Of Western Digital

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Amidst the hustle and bustle inside a plush boardroom at a luxury hotel in Bengaluru, Vivek Tyagi, Senior Director for Enterprise Sales (India and South Asia) at Western Digital was calm and smiling, sipping a cup of coffee. Speaking to Analytics India Magazine in the middle of an ongoing internal company event, Tyagi spoke about…

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22 May

Mastercard Begins RBI Data Localization Compliance By Deleting Indian Users Data

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For better or for worse, India’s data localisation norms have begun their last phase of implementation across the fintech market. Multinational payment giant Mastercard recently announced that they have started deleting the data of Indian citizens from overseas servers. This move comes after Mastercard began storing the data locally in October 2018. In its Pune…

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