Govt may define ‘ownership’ of non-personal data

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Last Updated27/07/2022

Governments can define “ownership” of non-personal data held by big-tech platforms if they refuse to share such data with a regulator as proposed in draft National Data Governance Framework.

It was announced by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY)
It looks at acquiring non-personal data from Government and persuading private companies to share this data to benefit start-ups in the country.
Draft proposes India Data Management Office (IDMO)
To ensure private companies share non-personal data
The Gov. will share all non-personal data in its possession with it.
Then it will request private companies to share certain datasets with IDMO.
If they refuse, govt. might get into ownership of such data and how private companies can claim exclusive ownership over it.

Idea of harnessing economic benefits from non-personal datasets was first proposed by the Kris Gopalakrishnan committee .
It recommended identification of certain “high value datasets”, which can be shared for encouraging innovation and ensuring national security.