Internet application companies have to abide by rules pertaining to data security: India

India has said that internet technology companies operating in the country have to abide by the rules and regulations issued by the relevant ministries including those pertaining to data security and privacy of individuals.

Addressing the weekly virtual media briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India is one of the most open regimes in the world for attracting FDI and in the last few years, the government has taken a host of measures for creating a more investor-friendly regime.

He said in the area of digital technology and the internet also, India has adopted a very open regime.

Srivastava said India is today one of the world’s largest markets for digital internet technologies with more than 680 million subscribers and the world’s largest software and internet application companies are present in the country.