WeTransfer ban in India has taken everybody by surprise. Founded in 2009, WeTransfer is a famous file sharing platform. With a user base of more than 50 million world wide, It is popularly used to transfer large files up to 2 GB. There has been a steep surge in the usage of WeTransfer during the COVID-19 crisis.
WeTransfer Ban in India
The WeTransfer ban in India comes at a time when governments across the world are advocating work from home measures for the employees.The Department of Telecommunication (DoT), on May 18th, banned the usage of WeTransfer citing the interest of India and it’s public. The actual reason was not disclosed and is still unknown.
Probable Reasons for Ban of Technology Platforms or Applications
Usually, technology platforms or applications are banned because of any of the below reason:
- Illegal practices
- Encouraging anti national ideas
- Promoting pornography
- Breach of privacy or national security
Legal, GDPR Compliant File Sharing Alternatives
GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. Countries around the world, especially in the European Union (EU), take GDPR seriously. Keeping in mind aspects like legal status, simplicity, speed and GDPR, we have come up with top 3 file sharing media. List below:
Google Drive
Google Drive is one of the most used file-sharing medium globally. Most Android devices use it for data backup. It provides free space of 15 GB where any file format can be saved. The sender has to upload files to a google drive account and then share the link to the recipients. There is the possibility of sender and recipient, both working on the same file.
Dropbox
About 100 GB data can be transferred using Dropbox. Here, the sender has to upload files onto Dropbox and then share the Dropbox with the recipients and the recipients can download copies if the shared files. There is no way for the recipient to modify the initial upload directly in Dropbox.
Smash
Smash is a very simple file sharing medium where a user can transfer files in just few clicks. Once files are shared, Smash gives an opportunity to preview the files before download.
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