Planning a 'negative list' of nations for cross border data transfer: Govt

The legislation will empower the cross-border flow of data across all countries "by default" unless a country features on the negative list

The Centre plans to develop a "negative list" of countries. No data pertaining to Indians could be sent to countries included in this list, according to a report published in The Economic Times (ET). The change is a part of the upcoming Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDPB) 2022.

 

The legislation