It is not the US we fear.

Comparing colonisation of India by the British with the complete control of personal data of Indian citizens by foreign entities, like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon, Katragadda and Sengupta argue for data localisation within "India alone, mirrored in neutral countries approved by the Indian government". This will apparently improve security for Indian citizens because, "Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows all non-US national information to be collected or read and processed without individual consent. All US based companies, such as Facebook, Amazon, etc are under legal obligation to share data of Indian nationals when required for intelligence purposes." Data localisation will apparently protect Indians from snooping by the US government. Will it? The US may ask for full social media information whenever anyone applies for a US visa. Almost all children of Indian politicians study abroad. What if the US refuses visas for them if they do not supply social media information? A Chinese citizen accused of spying on US aviation and aerospace companies was arrested in Belgium and extradited to the US. Any data stored in so-called "neutral countries" will be handed over if the US demands it. In an incident of outrageous international piracy the plane of the Bolivian President Evo Morales was forcibly grounded by Austria in 2013, which demanded to search the plane for Edward Snowden, while France, Spain and Portugal refused airspace for it. In an extreme scenario the US may levy fines on companies refusing to share data on Indians, in which case they maybe forced to shut operations in India. Indian internet will collapse. All these companies gather data which is sold to other companies so that they can target their advertising. Pop up ads maybe an irritation but they are no danger to us. Besides, Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Satya Narayan Nadella is the head of Microsoft. Only 5.5% of Indians posses a passport and only they are of interest to the US but all of us are endangered by the surveillance state. The Indian government can commit any crime against the people without protest from the opposition. Indians were forced to give up biological data, such as iris scans and fingerprints, for Aadhaar. The entire population was forced to queue in front of banks to exchange old currency for new when Prime Minister Modi suddenly announced junking of high denomination notes. In January 4 Supreme Court judges called a press conference to complain against the Chief Justice Dipak Misra. Recently retired Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph felt that the Chief Justice was being remote controlled. The Right to Information Act is dying because the government refuses to fill vacant posts of commissioners. Journalists are unable to function for fear of losing their jobs or even of being killed, which could make India Nazi state, wrote R Burman. India is already a police state. So, why worry.