India may ask social media companies to store data locally

India is considering asking e-commerce and social media firms like Amazon and Facebook to store customer data locally. The government may also tighten the scrutiny of mergers in the e-commerce sector that can potentially distort competition, according to a draft policy. The policy also proposes that the government would have access to data stored in India for national security.

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10:40 pm on 30 Jul