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[3] The Report also discourages cross-border flow of data; this impacts trusted foreign partners who are critical for the growth of India as a strong regional technology leader in Asia. e) As for monetization, how will data will be priced? [The Outline By Inc42 Plus] Tata vs Tata: Will Legacy Undermine Super ... Amazon Does A U-Turn, Says It Will Work With Parliamentary Panel on Da... Tier-2, Tier-3 Cities Drive Myntra’s 100% Growth In Orders During Fest... [The Outline By Inc42 Plus] Edtech Turned Pied Piper, Five Emerging Startups Riding India's New Lending Tech Wave. Kris Gopalakrishnan, has submitted a draft report which talks about the need for having a law that regulates the handling of non-personal information. We believe that a data protection law should not be used as a legislative backdoor to commodify data,” says the IFF. A government-appointed committee of experts, headed by former Infosys vice-chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan, has submitted a draft report which talks about the need for having a law that regulates the handling of non-personal information. Submissions will be accepted until August 13. But the government on its part feels there is a need to recognise the economic dimension of community data, which includes aggregated data, derived data, anonymous data, e-commerce data, artificial intelligence training data, etc. However, there is no clarity on whether this includes subsidiaries of foreign companies that are registered businesses in India or about the companies with foreign investors. First, on personal and non-personal data, the fundamental question is whether non-personal data can be segregated from personal data. Exclusive industry analysis, provocative insights, & deep dives for Inc42 Plus Members. This is going to have huge implications for companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba, etc, which have a big user base in India, analysts said. There is a reasonable fear that the framing of ‘community data’ will dilute protections of personal data as recommended by the draft Bill and the recommendations of the Justice Srikrishna committee, which already had very wide exemptions,” said Apar Gupta, a lawyer and executive director of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF). The draft report recognises the risks associated with anonymised personal data passing off as non-personal data and subsequently leading to the identification of certain persons. The report mentions that sharing of non-personal data with companies and private players could lead to the creation of economic value, as the data could be. A government-appointed committee of experts, headed by former Infosys vice-chairman. The specific problem here is personal data being anonymised, i.e. This article was exclusively written by Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations. The birth of the concept of community data was equally vague when it was introduced in the e-Commerce draft policy of 2019. b) Finding a community association is problematic in itself. Exclusive: Jumbotail Bags $10.5 Mn From JumboFund, Heron Rock. Thus, it becomes nearly impossible to classify data into strict categories of personal and non-personal data. d) The critical aspect of data privacy has not been considered. Who will determine this pricing? useful for Indian entrepreneurs to develop new and innovative services and products from which citizens may benefit. An official in the ministry of electronics and IT (Meity) told Financial Express that the government is of a firm view that community data can be used for various things, including policy making, governance, and public service delivery in many areas and such kind of data should be shared. Simultaneously, in 2019, the Ministry of Information and Technology (MeitY), constituted a committee to create a set of rules that will govern non-personal data. Even as the personal data protection Bill is yet to be finalised and passed by the Parliament, the government has opened another front regarding non-personal or community data, wherein it has formed a committee under the chairmanship of Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan to study various issues regarding the matter and give suggestions for regulating such data.