NEW DELHI: IT and electronics minister Ashwini Vaishnaw mentioned on Tuesday that govt will consult the tech business before stipulating any restrictions on transfer of sure lessons of private data exterior India, including that exterior specialists may even be engaged within the course of to attract up a listing of prohibited sectors.
Vaishnaw was talking after the IT ministry launched draft guidelines governing the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) regulation that had been adopted in 2023. The guidelines counsel placing restrictions on transfer of sure lessons of “personal data” exterior the nation in keeping with suggestions that can be made by a committee shaped particularly for this objective by govt.
The minister mentioned the government desires to undertake a consultative method by partaking representatives from the business in addition to specialists, whereas drawing up the checklist, if the draft guidelines do grow to be a actuality. “It will go as per sectoral requirements, or else be thoroughly examined and discussed with stakeholders. We also aim to engage with sector experts.”
The curbs on transfer of sure lessons of private data is more likely to be an irritant for prime social media and web firms, resembling Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon, and Flipkart, which can oppose the measure of their filings and feedback made to the ministry, which is taking suggestions until Feb 18. The difficulty stems from a clause within the draft guidelines which says, “A significant data fiduciary shall undertake measures to ensure that personal data specified by the central govt on the basis of recommendations of a committee constituted by it is processed subject to the restriction that the personal data and the traffic data pertaining to its flow is not transferred outside the territory of India.” On the proposal of mandating parental consent before youngsters (or these beneath 18) are allowed to hitch social media, the minister mentioned the thought is to construct safeguards for a safer web.
