DPDP could push data localisation among big tech

Provisions restricting cross-border data transfers in the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and the rules are expected to drive large companies, especially global tech firms, to build local compute infrastructure. Probir Roy Chowdhury, Partner at JSA Advocates and Solicitors, said companies might localise data despite the absence of explicit mandates. He explained, “There are provisions (Section 16) allowing the government to notify certain countries as blacklisted countries where data cannot be transferred, and Rule 13(4) imposes limited restrictions on data transfer for processing certain kinds of data by SDFs.” Read more