In its response to the government's report on non-personal data governance, Bangalore-based private think tank iSPIRT Foundation said that the report is "sound in premise but murky in detail" and that "more work must be done to detail compliance requirements and standardize the mechanisms of sharing such data" before the report is finalised. iSPIRT said that among its fundamental beliefs regarding data is that the “user must be in charge” and that Indian companies should be in a level-playing field, for which “some ring-fencing must exist to protect against global data monopolies”. The MEITY Committee of Experts on governance of Non-Personal Data had recommended that a separate legislation be formulated to govern non-personal data, and that a new regulatory body should be formed for its governance. The committee, headed by former Infosys head Kris Gopalakrishnan, released its report in July…
