Personal data protection Bill may lead to UK, EU data adequacy deals

Under the new draft DPRP bill put out for public consultation, the government has proposed free cross-border flow of data with "friendly" nations, significantly easing its earlier stance

India may find it easier to derive data secure status by negotiating data adequacy agreements with the UK and the European Union (EU) once the digital personal data protection (DPDP) Bill is passed in Parliament.

Under the new draft DPDP Bill put out on Friday for public consultation, the government has proposed free cross-border flow of data with ‘friendly’ nations, significantly easing its earlier stance on data localisation.

India being the largest hub of data outsourcing business, owing to growth of the information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing sectors, handles big amounts of sensitive and personal information of people