Monday, 11 January 2021

Not that I love WhatsApp less

 


 

It is only that I love more, getting some money from WhatsApp for selling my Personal Data – and earning billions ( and not sharing with me, even one Rupee ! )


Dear Smt Meenakshiji,


( Chair – Parliamentary Committee on IT / re-writing Data Protection Bill )



Only yesterday, I sent to you following mail :

Smt. Meenakshiji : Devil at the Door ? ………………[ 10 Jan 2021 ]

 

It now seems TURKEY has decided to “ ban WhatsApp “ [ - but we cannot ? because we are a Democracy ? ]


And , WhatsApp “ new privacy policy “ cannot apply to EU / UK ?


Because these countries have already passed laws forbidding any “ Sharing of Data “ by mobile apps with anyone ( including with their parent companies )


As I have repeatedly suggested in the past ( through some 26 e mails ) :


Ø  We need not BAN any Social Media ( sites or mobile apps )


Ø  We MUST make it impossible for them to operate in India, unless they enter into legally binding ( in Indian Courts ) agreements with the Govt of India, to compensate their Indian Users for “sale “of their Personal Data ,as conceptualized in :

 

#  Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]…….. [ 14 Feb 2019 ]

 

      #  SARAL Single  Authentic  Registration for Anywhere  Login )….[ 10 Feb 2019 ]

 

 

Read : Turkey probes WhatsApp-Facebook data sharing  /  12 Jan / techXplore

 

Extact :


Ø  The Turkish Competition Authority said Monday it was opening an investigation and requiring WhatsApp to suspend the data sharing obligation on its users.

Ø  Facebook aims to monetise WhatsApp by allowing businesses to contact clients via the platform.

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Startups & corporate biggies Signal change   /  TOI – 12 Jan

Extract :

Ø  Companies asking employees to drop WhatsApp

#  Paytm  ( Vijay Shakhar Sharma )

#  PhonePe ( Sameer Nigam )

#  Jindal Steel and Power ( Naveen Jindal / Pankaj Lochan – Chief HR Officer )

#  Mahindra Group ( Anand Mahindra )

#  TATA Group ( N Chandrasekaran )


Wait till tomorrow !

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  12 Jan 2021 

 

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