Data bill: Facebook and Google may get breather

NEW DELHI: The government may wait for the committee on non-personal data to submit its report before placing the draft Personal Data Protection Bill before Parliament, people familiar with the development told ET.
The government formed a panel led by Infosys cofounder S (Kris) Gopalakrishnan in September to recommend how non-personal data should be governed.
Non-personal data pertains to community data, anonymised data, and ecommerce data held by companies such as Uber, Google and Amazon.
“Before the Personal Data Protection Bill is taken to the Cabinet, the government wants some understanding of how non-personal data should be treated, for which the committee’s recommendations are required,” an official who did not want to be identified, said.