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The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) rules introduce the potential for new data localisation needs that are inconsistent with the DPDP Act’s supportive approach for data flows, trade bodies told the IT ministry in a letter last week.
The draft rules were published on January 3. The final rules are yet to be notified.
The Information Technology Industry Council, one of the signatories to the letter, counts Big Tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI as its members.
“We urge the government to narrow…
