Section 16 Processing of personal data outside India
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- IV · Special Provisions
16.(1) The Central Government may, by notificationDefined in section 2(r): notification means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expressions notify and notified shall be construed accordingly, restrict the transfer of personal dataDefined in section 2(t): personal data means any data about an individual who is identifiable by or in relation to such data by a Data FiduciaryDefined in section 2(i): Data Fiduciary means any person who alone or in conjunction with other persons determines the purpose and means of processing of personal data for processingDefined in section 2(x): processing in relation to personal data, means a wholly or partly automated operation or set of operations performed on digital personal data, and includes operations such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation, retrieval, use, alignment or combination, indexing, sharing, disclosure... to such country or territory outside India as may be so notified
(2) Nothing contained in this section shall restrict the applicability of any law for the time being in force in India that provides for a higher degree of protection for or restriction on transfer of personal dataDefined in section 2(t): personal data means any data about an individual who is identifiable by or in relation to such data by a Data FiduciaryDefined in section 2(i): Data Fiduciary means any person who alone or in conjunction with other persons determines the purpose and means of processing of personal data outside India in relation to any personal dataDefined in section 2(t): personal data means any data about an individual who is identifiable by or in relation to such data or Data FiduciaryDefined in section 2(i): Data Fiduciary means any person who alone or in conjunction with other persons determines the purpose and means of processing of personal data or class thereof.