‘Sharing raw non-personal data will encourage innovation’

The government committee on non-personal data governance framework has suggested that all raw non-personal data must be shared between government and non-government entities for a healthy innovation ecosystem to develop.

In a virtual press conference on Thursday, the committee members suggested that companies must allow open access to the raw data they collect from their users. Such entities, however, will be under no obligation to share any data or data-related conclusions they derive by using proprietary algorithms.

The adjudication of whether a data should be shared between entities, whether government or non-government, will be decided by the non-personal data authority, the chairperson of the nine-member committee, Kris Gopalakrishnan said.