Draft e-commerce policy to release “anytime soon”, aims to regulate cross-border data flow

NEW DELHI: The draft national e-commerce policy, to be released by the government soon, is aimed at creating a framework for achieving holistic growth of the sector along with the existing policies of Make in India and Digital India. “The draft policy will be released any time soon,” an official said.
“In light of the increasing importance of data protection and privacy, the National e-Commerce Policy aims to regulate cross-border data flow, while enabling sharing of anonymised community data (data collected by IoT devices installed in public spaces like traffic signals or automated entry gates),” the draft said.
It said conditions are required to be adhered to by business entities which have an access to Indian users’ sensitive data stored abroad.