Data policy tweaks set to keep India Inc busy in 2020

Data policy tweaks set to keep India Inc busy in 2020

The Bill, aimed at giving individuals more control over their data, has not proposed a timeline for the implementation of the rules. Government sources have stressed that since the Bill was based on the European Union’s General Data Protection Reg...

BENGALURU: As 2019 comes to an end with the introduction of the long-awaited Personal Data Protection Bill, India Inc awaits yet another year of hectic technology policymaking that will seek to regulate everything from personal and non-personal data, technology intermediaries, ecommerce companies, over-the-top platforms, cloud services and digital taxation.

Technology companies will have their hands full in 2020 with the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Bill, which has gon ..

Heated debate is expected in the coming year on the most controversial provisions of the Bill, which are the right given to the central government to exempt itself from the obligations of the Bill, including seeking consent to collect and process personal data, powers bestowed upon it to seek non-personal data from companies for the purposes of policymaking, and the verification of social media users.

“Hopefully we should see extensive consultation on the PDP Bill next year. It remains to be seen what the government does on wide exemptions granted to them in the Bill,” said Nehaa Chaudhari, director, public policy, at Ikigai Law. “There are many moving parts.

 Most issues that grappled policymakers and companies will remain alive in 2020.”

Experts said other technology policies on the governance of no ..