Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Thursday 29 March 2018

#Facebook #CambridgeAnalytica #MarkZuckerberg


Facebook   Replies



Yesterday , there was following news report :




Subsequently, the Ministry of Electronics & IT on March 28, 2018, sent a letter to Facebook seeking their response to the five questions, including,

·         whether personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by Cambridge Analytica or any other downstream entity in any manner,

·         and if so, how was it compromised?”


The government has also asked the US-headquartered firm

·         if any downstream entity misused data from Facebook,

·         what is the protection available to the data subject,

·         what are the specific steps proposed to be taken by Facebook to prevent any misuse of personal data for potential interference in, or manipulation of the Indian electoral process ?


  I imagine Facebook reply to run like this :




Dear Shri India Government :



We have received your aforementioned notice and have following to say :



·         Each and every user of Facebook has agreed to and accepted our “ Terms and Conditions “ for use of our FREE service , as broadly outlined below :


#     Read / Manage / Find  accounts

#     Find / Modify  /  Read , your contacts

#     Access  location

#     Take Pictures / Videos

#     Record  Audio

#     Modify / Delete contents of USB

#     Read phone status , call information

#     Send / View / Receive , SMS

#     Connect / Disconnect / View , Wi-Fi

#     Read calendar events

#     Download files without notifications









Now , we are sure that you must have noted that , out of our deep concern for the privacy of the personal data of our users , unlike many of our Social Media and Mobile App competitors , we have ,



·         refrained from asking our users , permission to “ sell their parents – spouses – kids  and near relatives “ on e-com site such as eBay – Flipcart etc ,


·         that this will not be considered as “ misuse



Of course ,you would have also noticed our following condition :



“ For any legal dispute between the User and Facebook in respect of what constitutes any “ misuse “ of the data provided by the user or the data picked up by us, the binding jurisdiction shall be that of the International Court at Geneva , and that the Government of the country of the User , shall have no claim in respect of such litigation



We hope we have satisfactorily answered all the questions raised in your notice



We look forward to continue rendering our services to the citizens , the political parties and the commercial establishments of your great country and promise to contribute our best to enable India to become a $ 10 Trillion economy by 2030 “


 
Yours  Use-fully ,


Mark Zuckerberg





30  March  2018





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