India will continue to be our launchpad, says Google

Google has introduced several products and features in India before rolling them out in the rest of the world, Royal Hansen, vice-president, VP-engineering for privacy, safety and security at the company said ahead of the second edition of its annual Safer With Google event in New Delhi on Thursday. He said the company would continue to do this in the context of cybersecurity, privacy and safety as India is “a great example of a growing thriving dynamic online ecosystem”.

Hansen said India is particularly important, for instance, because in 2021, 30% of all transactions were digital, making India the number one country globally in terms of digital transactions. The flip side, however, is that this requires a robust cybersecurity mechanism.