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Banned Chinese apps consider shifting servers to India to allay concerns

The Indian authorities feared that these apps were transferring consumer data to locations outside the country, especially China, in an unauthorised and surreptitious manner.

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According to sources close to some of these companies, the other alternative is to share the “source codes” of the apps, but that will require more detailed discussions.

Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi
Some of the Chinese apps banned by the Indian government citing them to be a security threat are weighing the option of shifting their data servers to India to allay concerns.

The Indian authorities feared that these apps were transferring consumer data to locations outside the country, especially China, in an unauthorised and surreptitious manner. With servers in India, the data of local consumers would be stored in the country. 

The proposal is important because all the 59 app companies have been given an opportunity to present their point of view of the order in the next few days. The government committee

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