Data Protection Dithering ?

 

 

Dear Shri Rajeev Chandrasekharji,

For over 4 years now, I have been suggesting / advocating / pleading :

Ø  As drafted ( and revised by JPC ), Data Protection Bill is UNIMPLEMENTABLE and must be scrapped

Ø  A new bill should be introduced which shifts the focus from PROTECTION to MONETIZATION of data

Ø  If someone still does not admit that “ PRIVACY IS DEAD “, let her wait ( another 2 years ? ), by which time, following technologies would RULE the WORLD of PERSONAL DATA :

AI – ML – BLOCKCHAIN – 5G – GPT 3 – WuDAO 2 – METAVERSE – AR – VR – HOLOGRAPHIC MEETINGS – CONVERSATION BOTS – NLP – ( I am sure, you know of a lot more )

I strongly urge that you get NASSCOM to examine / evaluate, my following alternative :

     Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]………… …………….[ 14 Feb 2019 ]

    SARAL ( Single  Authentic  Registration for Anywhere  Login )….[ 10 Feb 2019 ]

 Only Answer :  a  Statutory  Warning  …………………………………….. [10  Nov  2018 ]

With regards,

Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 21 Feb 2022

 

Context :

Fresh legislation may replace data protection bill  / Eco Times / 17 Feb 2022

 

Extract :

 

Ø  India may draft a completely new privacy bill, by putting aside the current version of the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019

 

Ø  Among the options being discussed is the introduction of fresh legislation that can cater to the on-going " sea change in the local and global technology ( environment ) "

 

Ø  A better option is to bring a new Bill altogether which is aligned with the current times

Ø  Time is of the essence here and we must understand that very clearly

Ø  The Privacy Bill is a marquee piece of legislation which was supposed to give India — one of the world’s largest Internet markets — a regulatory framework for the first time.

 

India needs a new digital law: Rajeev Chandrasekhar  /  TNN  /  Feb 17, 2022

 

Extract :

Ø  Union minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said India needs a new digital law as the current legislation, the IT Act, is 20 years-old.

 

Ø  “We need a law for the internet. It’s important to get the next bit of legislation right in terms of its ability for it to be flexible and evolutionary,” he said

 

Ø   “ I don’t want to rush into something and then go back with more amendments. The world needs to get a signal that India's cyber space is safe, trusted, open and accountable and most importantly very predictable in terms of what the jurisprudence around it is.”

 

 

Ø  We have a lot to teach the world in terms of how we manage digitisation, increase digital adoption, inclusion and access to all

 

 

Over Concentration of Data increases the risk Digital Dictatorship and Data Colonialism  /  BL  /  17 Feb 2022

Extract :

Ø  Over concentration of data into a corporation, a government agency or amongst a few countries increases the risk of ‘ data colonialism ’ and ‘ digital dictatorship ’, said writer and historian Yuval Noah Harari.

 

Ø  It is the first time in the human history that we have a possibility to follow everybody all the time, to get to know you better than you know yourself.

 

 

Ø  In the 21st century, to conquer a country you don’t need to send the soldiers, you need to get their data. Imagine a situation in 10-20 years, when somebody in China or US has the personal records and data of every politician, judge, journalists and military officers – every conversation they had and jokes they told. It’s no longer an independent country, it’s a data colony.”

 

Ø  Explaining through his example, Harari said, “All of these sophisticated technologies like AI & ML are produced in a few countries and can be used to exploit the rest of the world. It’s a big challenge for countries all over the world – how to prevent both these dangers. Don’t concentrate too much data internally and create digital dictatorship. Also, don’t allow too much data to be concentrated outside to become data colony.”

 

 

Ø  Harari suggests that there needs to be a power balance top-down through proper surveillance of the individuals sharing data as well as the corporations gathering that data.

 

Ø  Governments have the power to regulate AI to prevent the worst-case scenarios. There a few principles one can follow.

 

Ø  One of them is when somebody is collecting my data, it should be used to help me and not to manipulate me. This should be the key principle whether it’s a corporation or government agency.

 

Ø   Another key principle, never allow too much of data to be concentrated into one place. Over concentration of data is a high road to digital dictatorship.”

 

 

Ø  He added, “Additionally, when you increase surveillance of an individual, you must simultaneously increase surveillance of the government or the corporation. So, it’s not just top-down surveillance, it’s a balance on both ends.”

 

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Extract :

Dear Shri Ravishankar Prasadji,

In a way, may be it was best that we have yet to pass the Data Protection Bill into a law

The latest release of OPEN SOURCE ARCHITECTURE  by Inrupt, now makes it possible re-focus the PERSONAL DATA issue,

      Ø  from one of PRIVACY

      Ø  to one of MONETIZING

 

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