Nasscom, USIBC raise concerns over Data Protection Bill provisions

Naascom, which represents the IT sector, along with the US India Business Council, has raised several flags over the provisions of the Data Protection Bill, 2019.

In a statement, Nasscom expressed concerns over the central government’s power to exempt data processors that process personal data of data principals who are outside the territory of India.

“The industry, in particular the IT-BPM (business process management) and GCC (global capability centre) industries, will need greater certainty on the scope and issuance of the exemption,” Nasscom said.

Nasscom also pointed to the powers that the Bill gives the central government to direct data fiduciaries or data processors to share anonymised data or non-personal data for the purpose of enabling better targeting for delivery of services or for the formulation of evidence-based policies by the Centre.