At present, the draft personal data protection law proposes that companies store all ‘critical’ data within India.

“This is a serious issue of national security, and hence, requires necessary measures, including data localisation,” the official was reported as saying.

The media report added that data localisation will help the government to get legal access to all kinds of data, including encrypted data, in cases of breaches similar to the WhatsApp-Pegasus incident.

Besides hurting the sentiment of these large companies, data localisation has also attracted controversies from individuals and experts about privacy concerns.

On the privacy concerns related to data localisation issues, the media report further quoted Nayantara Ranganathan, programme manager at the Internet Democracy Project, who stated that data localisation would heighten and consolidate the access to data by the government for surveillance. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574951406.0439856/Govt-Intensifies-Demand-For-Data-Localisation-After-WhatsApp-Breach?ref=audio_experience