Rapid Fire
Data Embassies
- 16 Jan 2025
- 1 min read
- India is in advanced talks to set up UAE's first data embassy in India, with the first potential data embassy expected in Andhra Pradesh.
- It will enable nations to store a copy of their sovereign data while retaining control over it.
- It will ensure data continuity in cases of natural disasters or geopolitical unrest.
- India plans to create special strategic zones for data centres that will house sovereign data storage for multiple countries.
- They will operate like consular divisions, with the embassy managing privacy, access, and data handling, while India hosts the infrastructure.
- Estonia was the 1st country to store a digitized copy of its citizens' data in Luxembourg, after a cyberattack in 2007.
- Countries can use these embassies to localize data without adhering to foreign data regulations.
- Setting up data embassies will boost India's geopolitical credibility as a stable region for data storage amid global instability.
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