Data Localisation

US tells India it is mulling caps on H-1B visas to deter data rules; another tit-for-tat tariff action?

India has upset companies such as Mastercard and irked the US government with stringent new rules on data storage

Future of Internet policy in India: Privacy, data protection, cybersecurity among critical aspects

A look at the themes or trends that are likely going to define Internet policy in India going forward.

Amazon Pay starts offering peer to peer transactions using UPI via its Android app

Amazon's UPI ambitions had come to a halt after it failed to fulfil the data localisation mandates from RBI.

Facebook will not comply with data localisation laws in authoritarian countries

At a recent earnings call, he said he is ready to risk Facebook shutting down in authoritarian countries if forced to locally store data.

WhatsApp finally agrees to comply with RBI's guidelines on storage of payment data

WhatsApp complying with the central bank's guidelines will enable a wider roll-out of WhatsApp Pay.

Aadhaar privacy debate, data protection regulation to intermediary guidelines: Tech policy trends of 2018

Looking at the year gone by for privacy, one can look ahead at 2019 only with concern

India's data must be controlled and owned by Indian people, not by corporates: RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani

Ambani said that for India to succeed in the data-driven revolution, "necessary steps will have to be taken to migrate the control and ownership of Indian data back to India.

European Commission flags concerns over India's data localisation norms, elevated import duties

In April this year, the RBI had given six months' time to global payment companies to store transaction data of Indian customers within India

More than data localisation, data ownership is important: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey believes that 'Internet is trending towards where data sits to be irrelevant'.

Decoding Xiaomi's success with Manu Kumar Jain: Highlights from an exclusive interview

What are Xiaomi's plans for the country? Will we see new feature phones? Manu Kumar Jain bares all!