What is Trans Border Data Flow?

[Dr. Deepak Meena]

What is Trans Border Data Flow?

[Prachi Sachin Deshpande]

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I have seen fulltext article just on  this topic on Internet, Kindly refer same in attached file.

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[Jayshree Dave]

Transborder data flow deals with the movement of personally identifiable data from one country to another. Hence, "Trans-border
OR
Transborder data flows is the transmission over computer-communicational systems of automated data to be processed and stored in foreign data processing systems. A number of issues, including privacy protection and data security, arise in various transborder data flow (TDF) situations and are discussed in this paper, especially the potential effects on TDF of national privacy protection laws and pending international agreements. Sets of associated technical requirements are examined

 

[DR MD GULNAWAZ AZAM]

Tans border data flow means the international flow of information. The term does not connotes any limitations of the method by which the information may be transmitted.
Technological innovation and globalization have facilitated a surge in trans-border
flows of information. The internet, in particular, has enabled information to be
moved around the world almost instantly. These developments have major
implications for the protection of informational privacy, and create significant
challenges for national information privacy laws. However , it is not simply the transmission, in and of itself , which concern as a general . To reflect this problem the international community given a term called Informatics , which is surrounded by computer and information science. So that the trans border data flow can concerned with bioinformatics, business informatics , ecoinformatics, environmental informatics, social informatics , etc.
Trans-border data flows are increasingly prevalent in modern commerce and government and individuals may frequently not even realise that their information is being sent overseas. Some examples of trans-border data flows are:
1. Businesses and governments are increasingly outsourcing activities, including the processing of personal information about their customers and citizens.
2. Technologies such as search engines, cloud computing and voice over internet protocol can all involve personal information being sent overseas.
3. A mirror image of all citizen’s passport data is stored in the centralized data base to facilitate the
advanced passenger processing system
4. Motivated by concerns about terrorism and national security, governments are demanding more
information about people entering their countries. The central investigation agency has sought access
to this centralized database for anti-terrorism purposes.
5. It will be evident that trans-border data flows can entail significant opportunities for agencies, but that there are corresponding privacy risks. Some countries where personal information about citizens/Nation is sent may not have laws in place to protect privacy to the standard that particular citizen/Nation expect. This could result in personal information being exposed.


The challenge, then, is to allow trans-border data flows to occur whilst also protecting privacy. A range of international and regional instruments have been developed in pursuit of the twin goals of facilitating free flows of information across borders and protecting privacy. Each seeks to establish consistent rules among countries so that inconsistent national laws do not impede trans-border data flows and economical , technical development.

A number of international privacy instruments have been developed since the 1980s, with the aim of setting privacy standards to facilitate consistent domestic laws. As yet, however, no international privacy treaty exists. The ultimate goal appears to be that all countries will have similar privacy standards, so barriers to trans-border data flows will no longer be necessary.

[Parvez Ahmad]

Dear Azam ji.

Nice explanations....

thanks

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