Data Localisation

Data localisation is storing the data, critical and non-critical, within the boundaries of a country

36% believe that rigorous data localisation requirements must be in place

'In the absence of any standalone trade secret legislation, there is little recourse for firms in the event of misappropriation of their sensitive information,' the report says

The RBI mandate on data localisation is not the best solution to address concerns regarding information security, global cards major Visa said on Friday.

In a Q&A, Rishi Chhabra, who also heads the firm's India and Sri Lanka operations, dwells on his company's swift response to RBI's six-month moratorium and data localisation rules

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The Indian Data Centre (DC) industry is expected to more than double to 1,007 Mw by 2023 from its existing capacity of 447 Mw, says a JLL report

He added that companies need to look at India beyond as just a market, given the massive opportunity it presents

The firm said it was in favour of localisation and already had systems in place which protected personal data scrupulously

\Indian policymakers need to be more "thoughtful and pragmatic" on data localisation, Singaporean lender DBS's chief executive Piyush Gupta said on Wednesday.

Private cloud means that a firm has control over the server as well as its location, where its data is stored

The Indian authorities feared that these apps were transferring consumer data to locations outside the country, especially China, in an unauthorised and surreptitious manner.

In the following six years, the campaign for data localisation, or storing data locally, has gathered steam

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also insisted that America has no problem if countries want to have local data for regulatory purposes as long as they do not eliminate it outside the country

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had asked payment companies to ensure that transaction's data are stored exclusively on local servers

Says won't allow the services until it meets data norms

However, says the card payments major, restricting data flows in digital transactions will affect the quality of fraud detection and assessment

Nearly 80% of the data centres are located in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru