The government is set to include the change in the upcoming draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP Bill), 2022
The government will have the right to restrict certain geographies and will decide the criteria for restriction: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP Bill), 2022, included provisions for cross-border data transfer
The Centre might notify a ‘negative list’ or a list of disapproved countries, with the government blocking cross-border data transfer to these countries. The government is set to include the change in the upcoming draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP Bill), 2022.
The Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, told ET that cross-border data flow will be enabled to countries by default. However, the government would block that channel in case the receiving country is on the negative list.