Governmant panel proposes 'India only' policy for critical personal data BooksScienceHoroscopeAge on SundayDelhi AgeMumbai AgeDecafDiscourse360 DegreeEditors' PicksJust InPlay Games --> Menu e-Paper | Age on Sunday Auto Refresh Search Horoscope AM IST RGBW led panel Factory Home IndiaWorldMetrosBusinessOpinionSportsTechnologyEntertainmentPhotosLifeNewsmakers More BooksScienceHoroscopeAge on SundayDelhi AgeMumbai AgeDecafDiscourse360 DegreeEditors' PicksJust InPlay Games Technology In Other news28 Jul 2018Governmant panel proposes 'India only' policy for critical personal data Technology, In Other news Governmant panel proposes 'India only' policy for critical personal data REUTERS Published: Jul 28, 2018, 7:33 am IST Updated The recommendation comes at a time when data breaches are becoming common globally. The panel recommendations were keenly awaited by US trade groups and global technology companies. (Photo: Pixabay) All critical personal data on people in India should be processed within the country, a government panel said on Friday.The recommendation comes at a time when data breaches are becoming common globally and there is heightened scrutiny by governments on how companies handle user data.The panel, headed by former Supreme Court judge B.N. Srikrishna, also presented a draft bill that will go before parliament designed to enhance data protection. The legislation could affect how global companies store data in India.The panel said “personal data determined to be critical” will be subject to the requirement of being processed “only in India”, according to its 213-page report released on Friday.“The central government should determine categories of sensitive personal data which are critical to the nation,” the panel said, adding that there will be a prohibition against cross-border transfer of such data.

The panel recommendations were keenly awaited by US trade groups and global technology companies, who fear any stringent data localisation directive by the government could alter their business models and raise costs.Nehaa Chaudhari, a technology policy expert at Indian law firm TRA, said the recommendation was strong as it showed the government wanted to see some kind of data localized.“They seem to be conscious of the threat of data breaches,” Chaudhari said. “The devil here is the detail, we will need to know what is critical personal data.”US trade groups, representing companies such as Visa, Mastercard and American Express, have been protesting against an Indian central bank directive which said in April that all payments data should be stored locally within six months.Asked about how financial data should be stored, Srikrishna said at a press briefing that the Reserve Bank had “jumped the gun”, adding that a new data protection law will “override” all other notifications and regulations on data storage.The government panel also recommended setting up a “data protection authority”, an agency which would look at enforcement and implementation of the new data protection law.India has in recent months become increasingly conscious of the risk of data breaches.The government on Thursday said it had asked its federal police to probe misuse of Facebook user data by Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy which was earlier this year accused of improperly using data of 87 million Facebook users.“It is suspected that Cambridge Analytica may have been involved in illegally obtaining data of Indians which could be misused,” the IT minister said.(Source) end-of Tags: india, data breach

Megosztás a facebookon

Government has repeatedly been attacked by Congress on the Pathankot terror attack. The panel has now asked the ministry to come with a response on Pathankot in a week. Those terrorists who came in were the last,” he said. Bhattacharya, will now hear the home secretary on the recent disaster in Chennai caused by torrential rainfall and consequent flooding on January 18 as per the revised agenda. He is also learnt to have to communicated to the panel chairman that the government cannot explain all those details at this moment and will appreciate if the panel gives some more time. The parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, chaired by Congress MP from Rajya Sabha P. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs had earlier listed it in the agenda for the Monday meeting.jpg A parliamentary panel, which was supposed take up the Pathankot terror attack issue on Monday, has deferred it for a week after the home ministry sought some more time, saying facts cannot be disclosed at this stage as the investigations are on. The home secretary is learnt to have told the panel that the NIA has taken up the investigation and some information, which has been received, needs in-depth investigation. “I can assure (or guarantee) that without my permission no one can come.

After the panel sent an agenda to the MHA last week expressing its willingness to discuss the Pathankot attack, home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi sent a written reply to panel chairman Bhattacharya citing at least three reasons why the government is not willing to discuss the issue before the parliamentary panel at this stage.Panel meet on Pathankot attack deferred by a week --> led panel 6060 Factory --> --> Search Horoscope IndiaPoliticsCrimeAll IndiaWorldSouth AsiaAsiaMiddle EastAfricaEuropeAmericasOceaniaMetrosDelhiKolkataMumbaiIn Other CitiesBusinessEconomyMarketCompaniesAutosIn Other NewsOpinionEditOpedColumnistsInterview of the WeekReporter's DiaryThe Age DebateHere and NowSportsCricketTennisFootballIn Other sportsTechnologyMobiles  parliamentary panel, which was supposed take up the Pathankot terror attack issue on Monday, has deferred it for a week after the home ministry sought some more time, saying facts cannot be disclose Parrikar. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar, meanwhile, on Saturday appeared to suggest that the joint investigation team proposed by Pakistan may not be allowed to visit the Pathankot air base. end-of Location: India, Delhi, New Delhi. NDA members have majority in the panel. In the 31-member panel, the BJP has 13 members, Congress-04, BJD-02, Trinamool Congress-02, AIADMK-03, CPI-M, CPI, SP, TRS, TDP, Shiromani Akali Dal and Shiv Sena one each

Megosztás a facebookon