{"id":1804,"date":"2018-09-03T16:24:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T20:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/2018\/09\/03\/the-overlapping-tensions-in-indias-online-business-governance-and-data-protection\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:19:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:19:54","slug":"the-overlapping-tensions-in-indias-online-business-policy-and-data-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2018\/09\/03\/the-overlapping-tensions-in-indias-online-business-policy-and-data-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"India Pushes Back Against Tech \u2018Colonization\u2019 by Internet Giants – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/08\/31\/technology\/india-technology-american-giants.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The overlapping tensions in India’s online business, policy and data protection<\/strong><\/p>\n

India wants to curb the dominance of foreign (mainly US) tech giants in India’s online consumer marketplace to facilitate the growth of homegrown counterparts. For this, it is looking at China’s success in establishing its own tech heavyweights by virtually walling off its citizens’ online access from the rest of the world. However, India also needs foreign investment, and Indians would not tolerate China-style restrictions on access to the web.<\/p>\n

European regulations on the storage and use of user data are another approach for the Indian government to rein in foreign companies’ offerings in the country. While the European regulations are aimed at protecting the privacy of its residents, the Indian government wants to exempt itself from restrictions on access to its residents’ online data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/08\/31\/technology\/india-technology-american-giants.html The overlapping tensions in India’s online business, policy and data protection India wants to curb the dominance of foreign (mainly US) tech giants in India’s online consumer marketplace to facilitate the growth of homegrown counterparts. 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