Friday, 24 March, 2023

73% of Indians oppose inclusion of non-personal data in new PDP bill

<p>73% of Indians oppose the inclusion of non-personal data in the new bill, which was introduced after the government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill. Data localization should be flexible, according to 45% of Indians, but data transfer rules should also be flexible, which demands 55% of Indians. The disputed PDP Bill 2019, which had received 81 revisions as of earlier this month, was withdrawn by the administration.</p>