The movement to localize some or all of internet data has grown over the past five years as countries introduce new laws restricting data flows, and others try to boost local businesses by placing ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...

As Nigeria’s digital financial ecosystem grows, regulators, including the CBN, NITDA, SEC, and NAICOM, have increasingly ...

Although data privacy regulation justifiably garners the most attention, potentially as impactful—indeed, disruptive—to the entire payments industry ecosystem is data localization. Payment industry ...

In today's digital world, where data flows seamlessly across borders, privacy has become a critical issue for organizations. The trend toward data localization, driven by state security, intelligence ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said recently that he recognized the growing chorus of Indian voices demanding data localization, but asserted that meeting those demands could establish dangerous ...

Microsoft has ticked off the second phase of its rollout of a data localization offering in the European Union. The latest deployment to the “EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud”, as it brands ...

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