India withdraws controversial Personal Data Protection Bill

The Indian government on Wednesday withdraw legislation that would have required some personal data to be stored domestically, a proposal flagged by U.S. business groups and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as a potential barrier to U.S.-India trade. A top official said a new bill would be formulated. The withdrawn bill would have required companies to store all information deemed “sensitive” and “critical” on servers in India. The export of sensitive personal information would require the “explicit consent”...