U.S.-India business groups plan to lobby for dilution of India's privacy bill: sources

📆 12/18/2019 4:47 AM
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Trade groups representing some of the world's biggest firms plan to lobby U.S. officials and Indian lawmakers in a bid to dilute parts of an Indian privacy bill that could hurt businesses, sources said. More here: by AdityaKalra

Industry executives say some provisions will raise costs and compliance requirements. One provision empowers the government to ask a company to provide anonymised user data to help formulate policies - data companies are loathe to share as it is crucial to fuel business growth.The U.S.-India Business Council , part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, plans to lobby Indian parliamentarians who will review the bill and will hold meetings with key U.S. government officials, said one source.

Meenakshi Lekhi, the head of the parliamentary panel and a lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, told Reuters the committee will try to have “the widest possible consultations”.

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