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#NAMA: How the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 would impact the telecom industry

"The telecom sector is very heavily regulated. We are told exactly what we have to store, how much we have to store, for how long we have to store," said Anjali Hans, Senior Vice President of Regulatory & Corporate Affairs at Vodafone Idea Limited, at MediaNama's discussion on the impact of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 on cloud and telecom services. "But for us, I think the sending of data outside India, the cross-border transfer is one of the important aspects of the data protection bill." Pointing out that telecom operators were already required to make sure that user information stays in the country, Hans said she hoped that there would be "harmonization within sectors" and a "balanced approach" that would reduce the regulatory burden on telecom operators. This discussion was supported by Microsoft and Google. Comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVdQfB9Hvvs Existing regulations for data collection in telecom "When I say harmonized, I am saying harmonized as a horizontal regulation that is applicable to telecom," she said. "So, I will probably get a relaxation in my current clauses [from the license]", she added.  On being controlled by two sets of law — the telecom license on one hand and the PDP Bill on the other — Hans said that it would be limiting for telecom businesses. "I mean we are basically data controllers of our subscribers, and we are processing the very data that we control, or otherwise we are engaging processors," she said. "We…

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