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India's Trai to examine privacy issues, data security relating to telecom networks

( August 9, 2017, 05:02 GMT | Insight) -- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will soon launch a consultation process on the ownership, privacy and security of data flows on telecom networks, the Economic Times of India reports.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, or Trai, will soon launch a consultation process on the ownership, privacy and security of data flows on telecom networks, the Economic Times of India reports. Trai will address concerns such as who has ultimate rights to a user's data, and issue its recommendations to the telecom department. The move was reportedly triggered by Trai's dissatisfaction with US tech giant Apple's ongoing refusal to list the regulator's Do-Not-Disturb app in its App Store, with Trai accusing Apple of being a "data colonizer." However, some observers questioned whether Trai had the jurisdiction to examine data privacy issues, which extend well beyond its purview to oversee telecom companies.   ...

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