Data localisation requirements would fracture the Internet and could facilitate control, intimidation and oppression. We can partially blame gerrymandering for the current gridlock in the U.S.

As artificial intelligence reshapes how enterprises create and use data, IBM India’s chief says regulators and boards must ...

Since the Charlie Hebdo attacks last month, the French government is considering requiring greater website blocking by Internet companies, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has suggested banning ...

diginomica/government recently reported on the publication of a report from the Information Technology Innovation Foundation (ITIF) - "Cross Border Data Flows: Where Are the Barriers and What do They ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In keeping with the increasing importance of data in the global economy, governments have become more given to putting restrictions on ...

Storing user data in a datacenter on the Internet that is physically situated in the same country where the data originated. People who fear losing private data to hackers favor data localization.

You’re probably all too familiar with the challenges of crossing international borders—long queues, restrictions on destinations, impacts on employment clearances and the threat of invasive searches.

Data localization laws — restrictions against the transfer of various kinds of personal information across national or regional boundaries — are increasingly common. These laws are driven by two ...

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Cyberspace, as many liberal democratic governments see it, is inherently free and open, a boon to democracy that states should not control. Russia, which does not share this view, worries that ...

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