{"id":3364,"date":"2020-01-12T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/finance\/2020\/01\/12\/dpiit-to-meet-e-commerce-it-companies-over-data-flow-localisation-issues-in-draft-e-commerce-policy\/"},"modified":"2020-01-12T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T18:04:09","slug":"dpiit-to-meet-e-commerce-it-companies-over-data-flow-localisation-issues-in-draft-e-commerce-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/2020\/01\/12\/dpiit-to-meet-e-commerce-it-companies-over-data-flow-localisation-issues-in-draft-e-commerce-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"DPIIT to meet e-commerce, IT companies over data flow, localisation issues in draft e-commerce policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden wp-image-1794165 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/a3-lazy-load\/assets\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370.jpg 660w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370-401x267.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1794165 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370.jpg 660w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/images.financialexpress.com\/2019\/12\/1-370-401x267.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"\/><\/noscript><span class=\"article-caption\">DPIIT is looking into the Personal Data Protection Bill approved by the Cabinet in December 2019.<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issues around data regulation such as whether free data flow across the border should be allowed by India or should it be regulated or inhibited in some ways and whether localisation of data is needed are required to be considered as they have \u201ca lot of pros and cons,\u201d said sources according to a PTI report, as the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will meet industry representatives on January 14. The meeting will focus on discussing the merits and demerits of data storage provisions in the draft e-commerce policy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members from IT and e-commerce including representatives from Accenture, Adobe, Facebook, Genpact, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/tag\/google\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a>, HCL, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/infosys-ltd-stock-price\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infosys<\/a>, Intel, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/tag\/microsoft\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/tata-consultancy-services-ltd-stock-price\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TCS<\/a> are likely to be part of the meeting along with o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fficials from Nasscom, E-commerce Council of India, Informational Technology Industry Council, CII and FICCI even as a DPIIT\u2019s additional secretary-level officer will chair the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/industry\/sme\/softbank-denies-exiting-renewable-energy-jv-with-bharti-enterprises-foxconn\/1818174\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoftBank denies exiting renewable energy JV with Bharti Enterprises,\u00a0Foxconn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meeting has been scheduled ahead of the expected release of the e-commerce policy in the current financial year following draft launched by the government in February last year that proposed a legal and technological framework to restrict cross-border data flow and with respect to collecting or processing of sensitive data locally and storing it abroad. However, many foreign e-commerce companies have raised doubts about a few points in the draft related to data provisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DPIIT is looking into the Personal Data Protection Bill, which was approved by the Cabinet in December 2019, given multiple provisions with respect to the data are part of the draft e-commerce policy.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Personal Data Protection Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 11, read, \u201cThe sensitive personal data may only be transferred outside India for the purpose of processing when explicit consent is given by the data principal for such transfer.\u201d However, it exempted the government from \u201call or any of the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any agency of the Government in respect of the processing of such personal data.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"common-bottom-text\">\n<p>Get live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stock Prices<\/a> from BSE and NSE and latest NAV, portfolio of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/mutual-funds-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mutual Funds<\/a>, calculate your tax by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/income-tax-calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Income Tax Calculator<\/a>, know market\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/nse-top-gainers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Gainers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/stock-market\/nse-top-losers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Losers<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/mutual-funds-india\/equity-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Equity Funds<\/a>. 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