Context :
Extract :
Ø In key recommendations regarding operations of
global communications apps in India, telecom regulator Trai has said services
such as Whatsapp – Facebook Messenger – Apple FaceTime – Google Chat – Skype –
Telegram and even newer players such as Microsoft Teams- Cisco Webex and Zoom ,
should not be bound by a regulatory regime as of
now and there should not be specific rules that
would mandate them to intercept user calls and messaging
Ø Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had even asked WhatsApp to disclose the ORIBGINAL
SOURCE of unlawful messages and help intercept the creators of inflammatory
communication
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Chinese company aimed at psychological warfare using data
Chinese company aimed at psychological warfare using data
According to a recent
investigation, Zhenhua Data, a Shenzhe-based technology company which claims to
work with intelligence, military and security agencies of China, has designed
and deployed these tools to monitor at least 10,000 Indians, including Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, top Opposition members, Chief of Defense Staff BipinRawat and
people in their close circles.
These tools “ mine data “ from a person’s “ digital
presence “ and then use it to track and monitor them.
Gunjan Chawla said… “
They are mining data of people who have a say in governance. This is different
from private companies like Google and Facebook collecting data for targeted
ads “
Centre for Internet and
Society researcher Arindrajit Basu said that this is the first time that a
private company is claiming that surveillance
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Extract :
Ø The government is
unlikely to investigate Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co for data
monitoring and profiling, unless it is revealed that the Shenzhen-based company used
illegal means such as hacking or installing spyware to track high-profile
Indians, two senior officials
told ET.
Ø The government
officials told ET that the profiling and data gathering seems to be from
publicly available information and cannot, therefore, be called a “surveillance
or an espionage” attempt.
Ø The second official
said that while its motive seemed to be questionable, there were several
companies — both foreign and Indian — which are in the business of profiling
individuals and businesses based on data that is in the public domain.
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How to grow Digital India: A framework to
leverage foreign capital for India’s benefit
Extract :
Ø India
has an opportunity at hand. Its decisive action with China showed that India
can set the rules of its economy, and global companies have demonstrated their
willingness to change their play – book to enjoy the spoils of the Indian market.
Now, India should take its decisive action a step further, by
setting the rules of how India’s digital ecosystem develops, for India’s
best interests
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The Next Step / Setting the Rules
Following are my past suggestions :
( sent as e-mails to our Cabinet Ministers /
State CMS / NITI Aayog etc ) :
Ø Digital
Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]………………….....[ 14 Feb 2019 ]
Ø SARAL
( Single Authentic Registration
for Anywhere Login )…[ 10 Feb 2019 ]
Extract :
Here is how :
In my proposed
portal ( www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in ),
provide following sections :
{ for
understanding the working of this proposed portal , read :
Only Answer : a Statutory Warning [ 10 Nov 2018 ] }
# SURVEILLANCE REQUEST SECTION
Any
agency wanting to conduct surveillance of online / offline activities of an
Indian
Citizen,
shall submit its’ requirement in this section
This
shall contain details such as :
# Name
of the agency
# What activity of the citizen is proposed
to be surveyed and for how long
[ Multiple selection from the
following ] :
# Visits and postings
on Social Media web sites
# Visits
and searches on E Commerce web sites
# Searches on Search Engines / All digital traffic
( including thru Alexa / Google
Home type devices )
# Messages sent /
received on Messaging Apps / E Mail services
# Records of Digital
Payment Transactions on Banking / FinTech Network
# Audio logs from
Landline and Mobile Service Providers for telephonic
talks…etc
Agency will also need to specify the PURPOSE of the
proposed surveillance, by selecting
one
or more of the following suspected reasons ( list is not comprehensive ) :
# Tax
Evasion / Money Laundering
# Criminal
Activity / Militancy
# Fraud / Breach of Trust
# Anti-National
Activity / Sedition / Treason
# Fake News / Pornographic content posting
# Speeches
/ articles likely to create enmity among people
Such a request
shall need Online
Authorization of, all of the following officers :
# Chief
of Agency concerned
# Secretary
( Cyber Security ) – Ministry of Information Technology
# Data
Protection Regulator
As soon as
such a request is “Approved /Authorized “, an email ALERT will go out
automatically (without any human intervention) to the citizen concerned that
she is “under surveillance “
This will
ensure that there is NO SECRET surveillance !
Copies of this
E Mail ALERT will also get sent to all other Intelligence Agencies for a
coordinated effort and for avoiding duplication
SURVEILLANCE HISTORY SECTION
#
At any time of his choice , concerned citizen can login at this
section
and see WHICH
# But the citizen concerned will NOT be
able to see following entries by the Agency :
# What was the PURPOSE / REASON for the
surveillance
# WHAT
DATA got collected
# FINDINGS and proposed COURSE of ACTION , if any
This part
will be visible to all other Intelligence Agencies, who will have facility
to add their own information /
data about the concerned citizen which is in their possession, in order to
compile a COMPREHENSIVE DOSSIER about that citizen
However,
these other Agencies will NOT be able to EDIT any ENTRIES / FINDINGS of any other agencies
Although
these ENTRIES are NOT accessible to the concerned citizen in a normal course,
the same shall be made available to her in
case any government agency relies upon these during a Court Case against that
citizen, arising from such surveillance
My proposal,
# Give
a free hand to the Agencies to
proceed with their investigations, without needing
PRIOR
PERMISSION,
And
# Ensure
total TRANSPARENCY of their surveillance activities to the persons being
investigated
This will
assure the ordinary citizens (– and also “vulnerable “citizens such as
politicians belonging to opposition parties ? )– that they are not being snooped upon secretly !
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Related Reading :
Final
word in Facebook not with public policy team: MD
Zhenhua
Data case: How to think
about Chinese surveillance
[ Binayak Dasgupta / Binayak.dasgupta@htlive.com ]
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In
China : It is “ Comply or Quit “ ……………………………………………….[ 25 Feb 2019 ]
Extract :
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
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 .
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 ;
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 “
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. “
“ 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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hcp@RecruitGuru.com /
16 Sept 2020
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