On August 28, 2020, The Dialogue held a stakeholder consultation to discuss ‘Data Governance Policies and their Impact on Startups’. The consultation was held on Microsoft Teams from 5 PM to 6:30 PM. A range of participants from organizations such as, KartaKonnect, Mapmygenome, Factumlegal, Bluesky Analytics, Swiggy and The Datavist were present at the event. Speakers included esteemed members of the startup space and tech policy leaders.
The highlight of the discussion was the impact of the Non-Personal Data (NPD) report released by the Kris Gopalakrishnan committee on startups and SMBs. The questions participants grappled with included which market principles allow for sharing of data, who determines at what point raw data gets converted to business insights, whether the mandatory sharing of data will be a compliance burden to startups, at what point does an entity become a dominant player, where does user data ultimately end up going and how to create a progressive system for startups.
