India's Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework
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India's Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework

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Latest:

  1. Video of talk by Usha Ramanathan on Eminent Domain and how this applies to data regulations in India
  2. NPD primer in Bengali: https://hasgeek.com/PrivacyMode/non-personal-data/sub/smssttigt-tthyer-prstaabit-kaatthaamo-gorraar-ktha-EGuxrZPF9k99WAia3FFADU

About the Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework for India: Non-personal data (NPD) is defined as anything which is not personal data. Read primer on NPD in English, Hindi and Malayalam for a quick understanding how NPD will be regulated in India.

The Committee of Experts (CoE), led by Kris Gopalakrishnan, prepared the first version of the NPD framework in July 2020. Based on the feedback received, the CoE released V2 of the NPD framework in December 2020.

Community submissions to improve the NPD framework for India: NPD Week was conducted to draw recommendations from the community on what apsects of the NPD framework should be revised, with practical suggestions. At the end of NPD Week, a document of community recommendations was drawn up. View final recommendations (PDF) for NPD V2.
These recommendations were submitted to the CoE and MeITY on 31 January 2021.

NPD Survey: Between November 2020 and January 2021, Privacy Mode’s research team interviewed 50 respondents from startup, engineering, product and investor communities to understand their concerns with the Non-Personal Data Report V1 and NPD Report V2. View the report (PDF)

Recap of NPD Week: Between 22 and 29 January, concerns were articulated with respect to NPD’s potential impact around privacy. These concerns were on issues of:

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Featured submissions

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  • Zainab Bawa

    Zainab Bawa

    A Primer on the Non-Personal Data (NPD) framework proposed for India

    Data is viewed as a risk factor that has to be governed to protect the individual’s privacy. This is broadly known as personal data, i.e., data associated with a particular individual. more

    08 Feb 2021

  • Gyan Tripathi

    Gyan Tripathi

    भारत सरकार द्वारा प्रस्तावित गैर-व्यक्तिगत डाटा (एन पी डी) ढांचा पर एक प्राइमर

    डाटा को एक जोखिम कारक के रूप में देखा जाता है, जिसे व्यक्तिगत गोपनीयता की सुरक्षा के लिए नियंत्रित / शासित किया जाना चाहिए। आम तौर पर यह डाटा किसी व्यक्ति विशेष से जुड़ा होता है, जिसे हम व्यक्तिगत डाटा कहते हैं। more

    08 Feb 2021

  • Anivar Aravind

    നിർദ്ദേശിത നോൺ പേഴ്സണൽ ഡാറ്റ ചട്ടക്കൂടിനൊരാമുഖം

    Translated by Joice Joseph and Anivar Aravind വ്യക്തിയുടെ സ്വകാര്യത പരിരക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിന് നിയന്ത്രിക്കേണ്ട ഒരു അപകട ഘടകമായാണ് ഡാറ്റയെ കാണുന്നത്. ഇത് വ്യക്തിഗത ഡാറ്റ, അതായത്, ഒരു വ്യക്തിയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ഡാറ്റ എന്ന വിശാലമായ അർത്ഥത്തിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു. more

    13 Feb 2021

  • Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

    Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

    সমষ্টিগত তথ্যের প্রস্তাবিত কাঠামো: গোড়ার-কথা

    সমষ্টিগত তথ্যের প্রস্তাবিত কাঠামো: গোড়ার-কথা ব্যক্তিগত তথ্যকে ঘিরে একজন ব্যক্তিমানুষের স্বাধীনতা যাতে রক্ষিত হয় তার স্বার্থেই তাকে নিয়ন্ত্রণ করার দরকার পড়ে -- কারণ, তথ্য একটা বিপজ্জনক উপাদান। প্রত্যেক মানুষের সঙ্গে সম্পর্কিত তথ্য আমাদের কাছে ধার্য হয় ব্যক্তিগত তথ্য হিসাবে। (ব্যক্তিগত তথ্যকে ঘিরে একজন ব্যক্তিমানুষের স্বাধীনতা যাতে রক্ষিত হয় তার স্বার্থেই তাকে নিয়ন্ত্রণ করার দরকার পড়ে -- তথ্য একটা বিপজ্জনক উপাদান।) more

    16 Feb 2021

Videos

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Eminent Domain and expropriation of data - the case of India's data regulations

Eminent Domain and expropriation of data - the case of India's data regulations

Dr. Usha Ramanathan

1 hour16 February 2021
Panel discussion: Persisting privacy concerns in NPD V2

Panel discussion: Persisting privacy concerns in NPD V2

Moderator: Malavika Raghavan; Panelists: Srujana Merugu, Chaitanya Chokareddy, Kailash Nadh, Kranthi Mitra Adusumilli, Tanmai Gopal

1 hour29 January 2021
Debt, NPD and Ownership Juggling infrastructure

Debt, NPD and Ownership Juggling infrastructure

Respondent and moderator: Malavika Raghavan; Speaker: Srikanth Lakshmanan

31 minutes29 January 2021
Practical suggestions from tech and product community on Metadata directory and High Value Datasets (HVDs) requirement in NPD

Practical suggestions from tech and product community on Metadata directory and High Value Datasets (HVDs) requirement in NPD

Moderated by: Venkata Pingali. Panelists: Mangalam Nandakumar, Naresh Bharadwaj, Prasanto Roy, Subhashish Bhadra

1 hour28 January 2021
Personal and non-personal data regulations globally; and how India’s NPD is positioned.

Personal and non-personal data regulations globally; and how India’s NPD is positioned.

Moderator: Jyoti Panday; Panelists: Raegan MacDonald, Annabel Lee, Sean McDonald

1 hour27 January 2021

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