In China : It is “ Comply or Quit “

That is what the Chinese Government is telling the Foreign Companies setting up shop in China

How  ?

China has a law which says :

Based upon the Company Law, party organizations should be permitted to be established in a foreign-invested enterprise – JV or 100% foreign-owned – if it employs three or more party members.

Article 19 requires companies to provide the “necessary conditions” for the activities of party organizations, which shall be established within the company according to the CCP Constitution.

[  https://www.chinabusinessreview.com/fact-sheet-communist-party-groups-in-foreign-companies-in-china/  ]

Does this apply even to American Companies ?

You bet !

In a TV interview on BBC , last evening, Chairman of Huawei Group , Guo Ping said , even IBM, Microsoft and Motorola ( owned by Google ) , had to permit the setting up of Communist Party organizations within their Chinese establishments

How many American companies are obliged to do so ?

Approx.  900 companies with a combined investment of $ 220 Billion

What is the relevance to India ? 

    

Indian political system is a “ Multi-party Democracy “ , hence there is no question of NDA government asking foreign companies to set up “ BJP Party Committees “ in their local establishments !  We are not a “ Dragon Dictatorship “

Then why bring this up ?

Because , Twitter CEO , Jack Dorsey refused to attend the meeting called tomorrow by Shri Anurag Thakur , Chairperson , Parliamentary Committee on IT , to discuss the issue of fake news / misinformation etc , by Twitter

Apparently he thinks “ Twitter is above the Indian Laws “ and not answerable to Anurag !

How does Dorsey get such an impression ?

 

I think he mistakes the politeness of Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji , who , yesterday said at the Global Business Summit :

“ And if some companies……seek to unleash data imperialism, that will not be acceptable. India is too huge a country to surrender before that .

You need to have data – social , economic .

But that data must be anonymized. If you have this kind of pragmatic ideas, then you would think a good way will be found

But in this debate, every stakeholder has to become pragmatic “

[ source :   Data imperialism by companies not acceptable: Ravi Shankar Prasad   ]

If Indian politeness fails to get our message across, what should we do ?

Bluntly announce our intention to launch IndiaDataCustodian and tell all Social Media sites to sign up agreements with Data Protection Regulator , as outlined in ;

Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ] 

Does any Social Media entity support this view ?

Yes !

At the GBS , Alan Mamedi, co-founder and CEO of TrueCaller said :

“  The fundamental belief of organizations should be that the data belongs to the individual and they are the custodian of such data ………..allowing consumers to trade or benefit off their personal data, is one that needs to deeper introspection “

And Osama Bedier, founder and CEO of Poynt said :

“ Allowing consumers’ greater control over their personal data was a situational issue. … There are things that people profit off, off you, and there is a really good argument there for you to benefit, when others profit “

And Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Advisor, said :

“ The country favors data localization to protect its data resources that are more valuable than oil as they are mobile and can be used in different ways.

Every country in the world is doing its own data colonization….

I am in favour of a data protection act because we have no option, because every country has done it and so should we . We have to protect our own businesses and technology development “

[ source :  Firms must ensure onus of data protection is not on consumers  ] 

Rameesh Kailasam, CEO , Indiatech , says :

“ The government is making it clear that there is the rule and you are welcome if you play by the rules. “

[ source :   Govt following China’s stand on data, say industry players   ]

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In his speech yesterday at Global Business Summit , Shri Modiji said :

“ For decades, a narrative was made that certain things are impossible in India.

  The progress our nation has achieved since 2014 gives me confidence that nothing is

  impossible for 130 cr Indians “

Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji,

Does that “ nothing is impossible “ include ,

130 cr Indians submitting their personal data ONLY on IndiaDataCustodian portal , and Social Media web sites compelled to enable log in through ,

SARAL  [  Single  Authentic  Registration , Anywhere  Login  ]   ?

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26  Feb  2019

Rsvp :  hcp@RecruitGuru.com