Non-Personal Data

The Committee of Experts on non-personal data governance framework (NPD Committee) released its 72-page report on July 12, 2020 where it has recommended that a separate legislation be formulated to govern non-personal data and a new regulatory body be constituted.

According to released report, committee has defined non-personal data as any data that is not related to an identified or identifiable natural person or is personal data that has been anonymised. It has said that Non-Personal Data (NPD) should be regulated by a new regulatory body, the Non-Personal Data Authority (NPDA). The committee further recommends that data should be classified into three categories — public NPD, community NPD and private NPD.