Proactively storing all Indian users' data locally, says Truecaller

Sweden-headquartered phone directory app Truecaller Wednesday said it is locally storing the Indian users' data to ensure transparency and provide faster and more reliable services.

"Truecaller is one of the first international tech companies to proactively take the step of storing its Indian users' data locally in India. This is a user-centric move that is aimed at safeguarding personal data and encouraging more transparency in the ecosystem," Truecaller said in a statement.

With locally stored data, and significant investments in its Indian infrastructure, Truecaller has also doubled the search result speed for its core services like caller ID and spam detection, it added.

Truecaller pointed out that it was already storing payments data of its Indian users, who use its unified payment interface (UPI)-based payment service in India.

The RBI, in April last year, had issued a circular instructing all payments system providers in the country to ensure that data relating to systems ...