In current turmoil about ownership and protection of
personal data , this GDP stands for,
Great Data Pilferage
On the internet, there are thousands of Data Thieves ,
who hack into web sites / search engines and siphon off all kinds of user data
which accumulates there through usage
Then there are web sites where users submit a huge
amount of their personal data for availing certain services / for buying things
etc
These sites are known to “ sell
“ such user-data to other companies ( - mostly , e-commerce companies ),
without “ explicit “ user permission
Sites like Google – Apple – Facebook – Amazon ( the
infamous GAFA ) , may not be “ selling “ user
data to others “ directly “ but make such data available to advertisers “
indirectly “
In the process , GAFA
make tons of revenue / profit
This has prompted France to introduce ( effective Jan
01 ) , the so-called GAFA
tax , which is estimated to yield to the French government, $ 570 million
in 2019
I am worried that when our own DATA PROTECTION
ACT takes concrete shape ,
our government too , may consider levying some such tax on Social Media sites
But the Indian user is much smarter . He is telling the
government ,
“ Over the past 4 years , you have convinced us about
the advantages of DBT ( Direct
Benefit Transfer ) .
So , please , don’t tax GAFA . It
will be impossible to figure out how much revenue / profit they made , using our
PERSONAL data and therefore , how much tax they must pay
Whatever figure IT department may come up with , will
get challenged in Supreme Court
Instead , let
them pay us DIRECTLY for use of our personal
data
.
We have just read the following news report :
[
According to cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab that investigated Dark Web
markets to find out how much personal data is worth, cyber criminals can sell
someone's complete digital life for less than $50 (nearly Rs 3,500 )
This
can include data from stolen social media accounts, banking details, remote
access to servers or desktops, and even data from popular services like Uber,
Netflix, and Spotify, as well as gaming websites, dating apps, and porn
websites which might store credit card information. ]
We would not be
surprised if our data is being sold to 10 different parties ( E-Com sites /
Advertisers etc ) every
month , adding up to a loss of Rs 35,000 per month ( Rs 4.2 lakh per year )
We request you
to incorporate provisions in our proposed Data Protection Law , to get these
web sites to deposit this amount DIRECTLY in our Jan
Dhan bank account,
every time they use it for commercial purpose
And please , exempt this income from personal income tax !
And please , exempt this income from personal income tax !
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Dear Shri Arun
Jaitleyji / Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji ,
Here is your
golden opportunity to implement an equivalent of a Universal Basic Income , without having to
worry – “ How shall we fund it ? “
Just ensure that
our own Data Protection Law gets centered around :
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19 Dec
2018
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
Brilliant
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