Just what I have been advocating for past 2 years to
get the Social Media to pay Indian users for use of their private / personal
data
What are you driving at ?
·
I think , with this announcement ,
government seems to have accepted in principle that ,
# Users of Social Media web sites are the sole “
DATA OWNERS “ of their personal / private data
# Social Media just cannot be allowed to mint
tons of money, selling user data, without compensating
such
users first ( in advance of using such data )
# Left to their own selfish “ corporate
policies “, Social Media are unlikely to pay in advance ( not
reimburse at some later date , after a long
court case ! ) for such user-data
# There is no way an individual can force a
Social Media web site to enter into some kind of “ data
purchase agreement “ with him
# It , therefore , becomes the Indian
Government’s responsibility to prevent such “ DATA THEFT “ by
forcing the Social Media to enter into “ BULK
DATA PURCHASE AGREEMENTS “ with the government
# The only practical way to implement such a
regime of a transparent / equitable and omnibus ,“ DATA
SALE
“ is through implementing :
Digital
Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]
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What data ? What policy ?
Just came across following news :
Name of the Policy :
Bulk Data Sharing Policy
What data ?
·
Vehicle Registration Number
·
Engine and Chassis Number
·
Date of purchase and Insurance Validity
·
Colour
·
Details of loan provider ( will not have
the owner’s name )
·
In all , 28 fields of data for each vehicle
will be shared
Cost and Conditions :
·
Commercial organizations of individuals
will need to pay Rs 3 CRORE for FY 20
·
Educational Institutions will need to pay
Rs 5 LAKH, but are allowed to use it for research only
·
Organizations requesting data should be
registered in India and be majority – owned by an Indian resident or company
·
Organizations will also need to go through
security audits
Is there any FREE data that one can get ?
·
In addition
to the data for sale, “ free access to the vehicle’s basic data is available to
all the registered users through mParivahan App or through the web portal of
the Ministry. The information available shall be restricted to the basic
details regarding statutory compliances and the owner’s name. The purpose of
this information is to promote statutory compliances and also facilitate
individual hiring/ renting or purchase/ sale of vehicles and hiring of drivers ”
Privacy Worries :
·
The policy itself admits “ there is a
possibility of triangulation “ – matching the data with other publicly
available databases to determine information that can compromise their privacy ( That’s because the Vahan app, also
run by the ministry, maps registration details against names. And names,
in some cases, can help track other details, including addresses, e-mails, and
phone numbers )
·
Experts said the move effectively means
personal information of millions of Indians will now be sold
Is there a precedence ?
·
According to the Ministry, at present, the
data is shared with specified law enforcement agencies andin addition, data is
also shared with Automobile Industries , Banks, Finance companies etc., at
specified rates for each data set
·
Banks and
insurance companies purchase data at ₹50 per record and transport companies and
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) take it at ₹100 per record.
Any other plans to “
monetize “ personal data of users ?
·
The National
Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the railway budget for financial year
206-17 had also announced its plans of monetizing the huge pool of passenger
data available with the Indian Railways. In October, 2018, IRCTC, railways’
ticketing arm, had issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) seeking offers on its
data from private players.
What about data protection ?
·
The data
will be encrypted with the public key of the nodal person of the purchasing
organization who will manage the data securely
Logic advanced by the Ministry :
·
It is recognized that sharing data for
other purposes, in a controlled manner, can support the transport and
automobile industry. The sharing of data will also help in service improvements
and wider benefits to citizens and government. In addition , it will also
benefit the country’s economy. The prime focus is on delivering simpler, better
and safer services to the citizens…
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Dear Shri Ravi
Shankar Prasadji,
In a relay race , at each hand-over of the baton, the
next player does not ask :
“ Shall I run or
not run ? “
That decision gets taken for each and every member of the
entire team , before entering the race !
Once entered , it is only a question of grabbing the
baton and running like mad
With the Cabinet having decided to “ monetize “ the
USER DATA for 230 million vehicles, nothing stops you to grab
that policy and “ monetize “ the private / personal
data of the 500 million internet users of our country
You have the power – and the onus – to enable each user
to earn Rs 30,000 per year by selling his ( anonymized and aggregated ) data to
Social Media
No UBI ( Universal Basic Income ) can do this trick –
and without costing the exchequer anything !
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13 March 2019
Rsvp :
hcp@RecruitGuru.com
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