印度数据本地化:网络利益边疆的碰撞与机遇

Data Localization in India Collision of the Digital Interest Frontier and Potential Opportunities

2020年6月29日至年底,印度曾四次宣布禁止中国的应用软件,前后超过200款中国手机应用程序进入禁止名单,其中的一大理由便是存在跨国企业对数据安全保护不当而引起印度国家安全问题的风险。近年来,印度政府为了提高数据安全,开始提倡数据本地化,并构建自己的网络利益边疆。这一做法在国际社会引起了诸多争议。其一,数据本地化并不一定能减少数据泄露,提高数据安全;其二,数据本地化在一定程度上阻碍了数据的跨境流通,给跨国企业带来了利益损失,影响了全球经济的发展。然而,印度构建网络利益边疆看似对中国海外利益边疆有负面影响,实则暗含共同的发展机遇。

From June to the end of 2021 India announced four bans on Chinese application software and more than 200 Chinese apps were included in the list.One of the reasons is the national security problems caused by the improper protection of data and privacy.In recent years in order to improve data security, the Indian government has begun to advocate data localization and build its own Digital Interest Frontier.This practice has caused many disputes in the international community.Firstly data localization does not necessarily reduce data leakage and improve data security.Secondly data localization is likely to hinder the cross-border data flow to a certain extent in which case it will bring benefit losses to multinational corporations and affect the development of global economy.Chinese internet enterprises developing in India have also suffered losses.The construction of India's Digital Interest Frontier seems to have a negative impact on China's overseas interest frontier but it actually can imply development opportunities for both countries.