Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- The Amendments to Sri Lanka's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) mark a major step towards establishing a world-class, innovation-friendly regulatory environment for personal data protection, chief adviser to the President on Digital Economy, Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, said.

"The Amendments allow for greater flexibility in cross-border data flows, empowering institutions to make judgment-based decisions on where and how data is stored and processed. For example, organisations can now choose between resident, sovereign or public cloud facilities based on the sensitivity and security classification of data," Dr. Wijayasuriya said.

This means that public and private sector data controllers can make case-specific choices w...