DEC 03, 2021 | ASIA PACIFIC
Tech Firms May Take Data Bill to Court if House Adopts It Verbatim
The Economic Times, December 3, 2021
By Surabhi Agarwal
An alliance of software companies, which counts enterprise software firms such as Microsoft as its members, is of the view that demand for data localization is a very strong area of concern for the association.
There is also growing concern over what privacy experts’ term as a lack of public consultation on several new provisions that have been introduced in the final report submitted by the joint committee of parliament. Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, Country Manager India, BSA said "including non-personal data in privacy legislation makes it very challenging because there are aspects to non-personal data which are still under contemplation and study.”
“The way ( in which) sensitive and critical personal data categories have been defined are too broad or open,'' he said.
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ÜBER BSA
BSA | The Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) ist die globale Stimme der Software-Industrie gegenüber Politik und Wirtschaft. Die Mitglieder der BSA gehören zu den innovativsten Unternehmen weltweit und erarbeiten neue Software-Lösungen, die die Wirtschaft antreiben und das moderne Leben von heute prägen.
Die BSA mit Hauptsitz in Washington, D.C., und Niederlassungen in über 30 Ländern weltweit leistet Pionierarbeit in der Schaffung von Programmen zur Einhaltung und Durchsetzung geistiger Eigentumsrechte und der Einführung von Richtlinien, auf deren Basis technologische Innovationen und die digitale Wirtschaft gefördert werden.