1.
Guiding principles for NPD regulation: While even
the Old Report alluded to a separate legislation to govern NPD in
India, the New Report lists the following guiding principles on
which the regulation will be based: (i) India has rights over data
of India, its people and organisations; (ii) benefits of data must
accrue to India and its people; (iii) innovation, new models and
algorithms for the world. (iv) misuse, reidentification and harms
must be prevented; (v) regulations should be simple, digital and
unambiguous; (vi) data should be freely available for innovation
and entrepreneurship in India.
2.
Exclusion of business-to-business data sharing: