Issue of Data Sovereignty should be prioritised!

The increased digitalization of organizations, driven by the rapid adoption of technologies such as cloud computing and data analytics, has increased the importance of data. Enterprises are increasingly adopting cloud-based services in order to take advantage of the many business benefits of not having to purchase, manage, upgrade, and replace systems and applications. Of course, all amidst all this data still has to “live” somewhere. But a question is whether all types of data keeping is necessary?

With the technology evolving and prominence of Social media and cloud computing, it creates anytime-anywhere access to information and systems. Most customers don’t give much thought to where their data is stored. That needs to change. Data Sovereignty covers privacy regulations that a government mandates for digital data that has originated, been converted, or stored “in the country.” Data created in a country will be subject to the laws of that country. Data Sovereignty privacy regulations are designed to keep sensitive data inside a country’s borders and strictly define what data may be exported across borders. These laws vary from country to country and region to region.

Digitisation is essential to India’s transition into a digital native country. It’s also true that data sovereignty presents technical and legal challenges when moving on-premises systems and information stores to the cloud. Privacy and data-hosting laws vary by country and state, and some are stricter than others....Read More