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Why do we need a Data Act?

The European Commission proposed on 23 February new rules on who can use and access data generated in the EU across all economic sectors.

The draft suggests that certain detailed datasets that have undergone value addition and transformation may be valued appropriately by government bodies.

The Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022 proposes setting up an India Data Office (IDO) as well as data management units.

5 hours ago India’s latest report on Non Personal Data, published by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MEITY) Committee of Experts has defined parameters regarding who can seek Non Personal Data, High Value Datasets, what a community is and who can represent it as a trustee, rights over non personal data, sovereign access to data, meta-data directories, and addressed intellectual property concerns. They’ve exempt entire raw databases from data requests, taken...

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 simpl...

We are getting ready for our discussion on revised report by the Committee Of Experts On the Non Personal Data Governance Framework. MediaNama is hosting the session online on Friday (January 15), with a curated and invite-only audience of policymakers, lawyers, businesses, technology professionals, and researchers.  Registrations will close shortly, but you can still apply to attend here. The Committee of Experts — which is accepting comments until January 27, 2021 — has defined parame...

What stood out: Business purpose requests: Private entity to private entity mandatory data sharing requests are not considered to be in the scope of the committee’s recommendations. NPD Legislation: The Committee of Experts has proposed that the Non Personal Data (NPD) framework become the basis of a new legislation for regulating NPD. Sovereign purpose requests exempt: the Non Personal Data Authority will not adjudicate the validity of data requests under Sovereign purpose (national security...