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Twitter tweaks user policy a day after SC clampdown

This, when India is looking to crack down on global firms exporting customer data to servers

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Alnoor PeermohamedRaghu Krishnan Bengaluru
Microblogging platform Twitter on Thursday told its users in India that the data collected from them could be moved outside the country and were within the purview of using its service. 

This comes as the government is considering making it mandatory for internet and mobile companies to store user data locally. Global internet giants such as Google, Facebook and Twitter aggressively use user data they gather for targeted advertising.  

This is in the wake of the Supreme Court issuing notices to Twitter and Google on Wednesday seeking their legal views on a petition drawing the court’s attention to the
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