#CyFy2019
The ownership and management of data collected by digital platforms (public and private) is among the watershed questions of contemporary global governance. What do current and proposed models for governing the storage and transit of data miss — is our fixation on issues such as data localisation putting the cart before the horse? The Indian context does not neatly fit any pre-existing template to manage the digital economy, given the overwhelming role of the state as the custodian and harvester of data. Can data be thought of as a public good, and what would this conceptualisation imply for digital governance? Can India reimagine first principles of data governance that can serve instead as guidelines for the developing world?
Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Director at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Paula Kift, Privacy and Civil Liberties, Palantir Technologies
William Carter, Deputy Director and Fellow, Technology Policy Program, CSIS
Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, ORF
Cyril Cuvillier, Deputy Director Strategy, ANSSI
Ashwin Sasongko Sastrosubroto, Executive Member of ICT Commission