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

Saturday 7 December 2019

Data Division Debate




In how many ways can you divide data ?


That is the question


Context :


Data Protection Bill talks of following  types of data “ :
[ A ]Umbrella Group “ consisting of data from which a person can be identified
[ B ] Sensitive Personal Data “ consisting of financial , health, sexual orientation,
         biometric, genetic, transgender status, caste, religious belief, passwords  etc
[ C ] Critical Personal Data “ such as military/national security data [ to be defined ]
[ D ]  Non-Personal Data
[ E ] Anonymized Personal Data
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 Neat ?   Hardly !
I urge the officers who drafted this bill to label  which data is what type  in the following tabulation
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Srl No
                               Data
 A
 B
 C
 D
 E
1
Who I am ( name / gendre )





2
Where and when, I was born / who were my parents





3
Where I grew up / where I live currently





4
Do I live in a rented place or in an owned flat





5
What Schools / Colleges I attended ( - and degrees I acquired )





6
What Companies I worked for and salaries I got





7
How I travel to work ( own vehicle or public transport )






8
Where I go for my holidays / what books I read





9
Who I married and who are my children ( - and how many )





10
If divorced , how much alimony I pay and to whom





11
Where I invest my money ( Banks – Funds – Equity etc )





12
How much I have borrowed from whom and for how long





13
My Credit ranking  ( including my spending history / card wise – wallet wise )





14
What are my eating ( food ) preferences and the restaurants I visit





15
What I do for entertainment ( Music / Movies / Videos ) [ life-long cultural activity history ]





16
What clothes I wear and how often do I buy





17
Who are my friends and how often I phone / text them / meet them





18
What ailments I suffer from and what medicines I take ( complete life-long medical history )





19
What minor offences ( traffic ) or crimes that I have committed





20
What elections I have contested ( won and lost )





21
Who are my doctors / lawyers / brokers / agents





22
What web sites I visit and how often and for how long ( Social Media engagement )





23
What do I search on the Net / What RSS feeds I subscribe to





24
What TV channels I watch and Radio Stations that I listen to





25
Every photo of mine ever taken ( selfie or otherwise )





26
Every phone call that I ever made or received





27
Every Email / Text message that I ever sent or received





28
Every blog / comment that I ever posted on the Web





29
Ev Every face-to-face communication that I engaged in






30
Languages Spoken





31
Every E-Com site visited and every item ordered





32
Every banking transaction





33
Every digital payment transaction





34
Every mobile app downloaded





35
Complete list of my online/offline Service Providers





36
List of IoT enabled / plain , gadgets in my house





37
DBT Scheme benefits enjoyed





38














Is it possible that each of the above-listed item ( - this list is far from being comprehensive ), may be interpreted differently { A – B – C – D – E } , by :


Ø  Citizen involved in litigation under the proposed Data Protection Law
Ø  Millions of lawyers
Ø  Thousands of Judges



Apart from this “ Matter of Interpretation “ of DATA  TYPE , there is also the question of :

Ø      Nature of Content


·         WHO created


·         WHEN created


·         WHERE created


·         HOW created


·         HOW transmitted / circulated


·         HOW transformed ( “Speech to Text “ is so yesterday transformation )


·         To WHOM sold


·         HOW used


·         WHEN compiled


·         WHO compiled


·         WHERE stored



And also the question of everyone ( concerned with litigation ), agreeing with the correct
definition of the following words used in the Data Protection Law :


#   Private

#   Data

#   App

#   Permission

#   Access

#   Download

#   Sign

#   Rights

#   Own

#   Personal

#   Share

#   Entity

#   Processing

#   Obligation

#   Handling

#   Collection

#   Use


Are we about to enact a law which , on one hand, is not implementable and on the other hand , might lead to unending litigation ?


Dear Shri RaviShankar Prasadji,


It may not be too late to rethink the whole matter


With regards,


Hemen Parekh

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Related Reading :


Data Privacy Law : a Pandora’s Box ?                         [ 15 July 2018 ]



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