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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday August 22 2018, @12:12PM   Printer-friendly

America's major tech companies are pushing back against India's proposed data protection laws, with a lobby group led by ex-Cisco CEO John Chambers emerging as the protest organiser.

The move came a week after the proposals, first published at the end of July, were opened for comment by the Ministry of IT.

The draft copped criticism when it was published because of its "data localisation" provisions, which demanded local storage for some citizen data; and for banning the re-identification of anonymised data without offering protections for security researchers trying to improve security of anonymised data sets.

Last week, India's IT minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said he had asked Amazon to set up servers in the country, to comply with the localisation requirements.

Prasad announced the move in a press conference, according to Entrackr, saying he was concerned at data being moved offshore without the consent of end users.

Reuters yesterday reported that companies including Amazon, Microsoft, and American Express want the issue raised at US-India trade talks in September.

The report quoted Mozilla global policy adviser Amba Kak as saying the issue is worth national-level negotiation, adding: "Data localisation is not just a business concern, it potentially makes government surveillance easier, which is a worry."


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  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday August 23 2018, @11:37AM (1 child)

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday August 23 2018, @11:37AM (#725154) Homepage Journal

    They are a good idea, what I meant was that customer privacy is just a talking point hence this demand cannot be argued upon privacy issues.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday August 23 2018, @04:26PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday August 23 2018, @04:26PM (#725258)

    You can ask their neighbors in Pakistan whether having US companies exporting detailed profiles about every citizen could have consequences.
    Data slurping is all cute and business, until you start asking your companies to help identify targets for drones or train rides.