#Privacy #DataProtectionLaw #SriKrishnaCommittee

Enforcing  is  difficult  ?

A few days back , Shri B N Srikrishna ( of committee for drafting “ DATA PROTECTION LAW “ ) . said :

“ Drafting a Data Protection Law is not so difficult but enforcing it will be very difficult  “

Why ?

First reason :

Courts will find it extremely difficult ( if not impossible ) to “ interpret “ correctly , the “ intended meaning “ of the following terms / words , likely to be used in that law :

#   Private

#   Data

#   App

#   Permission

#   Access

#   Download

#   Sign

#   Rights

#   Own

#   Personal

#   Share

#   Entity

#   Processing

#   Obligation

#   Handling

#   Collection

#   Use

[ Re: https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/05/aadhar-dataprotectionlaw-privacy.html ]

Second Reason :

Technology for collecting / compiling, personal / private data of unsuspecting citizens through use of AI is expanding by the hour !

After looking at the following announcements in the past few months , I wonder if the proposed law will become “ obsolete “ by the time President signs it :

*   Facebook may start Eye Tracking 

https://www.businessinsider.in/Facebook-might-start-tracking-the-movement-of-your-eyes/articleshow/64574294.cms

*  A new AI algorithm can track your movements through a Wall 

https://futurism.com/new-ai-algorithm-can-track-movements-through-wall/

*  Let your phone do the Seeing

 

https://www.yankodesign.com/2018/03/28/let-your-phone-do-the-seeing/

*   
Seeing AI

 

A free app that narrates the world around you

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/seeing-ai

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/07/supreme-may-propose-technology-will.html

*  Privacy-invading  Apps

 

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hundreds-of-apps-are-using-ultrasonic-sounds-to-track-your-ad-habits/

 

 

*  Emotional   Surveillance

https://futurism.com/china-emotional-surveillance/

I have a lurking suspicion that enforcing any DATA  PROTECTION  LAW is more likely to be impossible than merely difficult  !

With millions of manufacturers ( located all over the world and beyond Indian jurisdiction  ) of  ,

IoT DEVICES  /  MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICES  /  INTERNET  SERVICES  /  MOBILE  APPS  /  OPERATING  SYSTEMS  /  E COMMERCE  PORTALS  /  ONLINE  HEALTHCARE  SERVICES  /  FINTECH  SERVICES  /  MOBILE WALLETS  /  ONLINE  BANKING  /  CREDIT-DEBIT  CARDS  /  ATMS ,,,,etc etc ,

- who will you catch ( for alleged breaking of Data Protection Law ) , how will you prove guilt and how long might that take ?

And remember , every law that everyone gets obliged to break , on almost daily basis , and whose enforcement is impossible , gives rise to massive corruption by a tribe called “ Law Enforcement Agencies “  ! 

Like paying haftas for everything you do to survive !

14  June  2018

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