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Three days after the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed, Bangalore-based SaaS startups received the first batch of 1,000 "Digital Passports." This new development allows these startups to bypass traditional EU data localization laws through a "Sovereign Trust" protocol. Berrybeat reports that this move could reduce operational costs for Indian tech companies by nearly 30%.

Wake up, digital citizens! It is January 28, 2026, and while you were sleeping, your data was traveling the world faster than a supersonic jet. Welcome to Data Privacy Day 2026—the annual reality check we desperately need in this era of Agentic AI and hyper-realistic deepfakes.