Wednesday, June 1, 2011

India´s new Data Privacy Rules

Will They Help or Hurt Legal Outsourcing?

As the Washington Post has just reported, "data privacy rules enacted last month in India are now alarming some U.S. companies, which worry that they may be too restrictive":

The rules in India’s Information Technology Act govern the collection and use of personal information including banking and medical details. But business leaders in India and the United States worry that they add a cumbersome layer of disclosures such as obtaining written consent from each customer before collecting and using personal data...read more...