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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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
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
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
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
This summary is divided into two parts. The first part lists out the questions that were discussed in the panel. Read the first part on: https://hasgeek.com/PrivacyMode/npd-week/sub/summary-of-panel-discussion-on-impact-of-npd-on-st-3kYSFXUkeTGANHzA8bQz2t more
This summary covers the Q&A session between startup founders and NPD CoE member Parminder Jeet Singh. This session was held on Saturday, 23 January. more
This summary is drawn from Suchana Seth’s response to NPD V1 and NPD V2 comparison, presented on 23 January. Suchana Seth is a co-founder of The Mindful AI Lab. more
TWO SENTENCE DESCRIPTION: The Report of the Committee of Experts on Non Personal Data has rightly been touted as the first global attempt of its kind to create an overarching governance framework for non-personal data speared ahead by the principle of “sovereignty.” This talk attempts to unpack what role the recommendations in this (revised) report and India’s approach to non-personal data govern… more
In December 2020, an Indian government committee released a report on regulating non-personal data. This report is a revised version of an earlier version released in July 2020. A summary of the new report, and a comparison with the older one, is here - https://www.ikigailaw.com/summary-of-the-revised-report-of-the-committee-of-experts-of-non-personal-data/ more
This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS) to the draft Report on the Non-Personal Data Governance Framework prepared by the Committee of Experts under the Chairmanship of Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan. The inputs are authored by Aayush Rathi, Aman Nair, Ambika Tandon, Pallavi Bedi, Sapni Krishna, and Shweta Mohandas (in alphabetical order), … more
The updated report by the committee of experts has a range of regulatory overlap issues. These issues not only affect the data sharing and data governance, but can also have potentially overarching effects. Following are the few of these issues: more
A political economy observation from analysing payment system data flows and seeing what the role of NPD framework could be and how its an asset light ownership juggling infrastructure at the hands of the state. more
This session is a summary of the discussion about the concept of community, public good and data trusts, as discussed in NPD V2. The panelists for this session were: more
This NPD Report proposes a detailed and comprehensive regime for the sharing of non-personal data, including regulation of privately held non-personal data, unlike existing and proposed regimes in other jurisdictions. Among the many novel recommendations in the NPD Report is the proposal to grant community rights over non- personal data. You can find link to the full report here: https://datagove… more
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