Context :
Data
Protection Bill To Be Finally Tabled In Parliament This Month /
Inc42 / 07 Jan
Extract :
Ø The final draft of
the bill will include 89 amendments and one new clause, the head of the committee dealing with the draft announced.
Ø Lekhi also said that
the 30-member committee extensively debated all aspects of the bill and reached
a “consensus” across different party lines.
Ø Earlier, certain
members of the committee had raised concerns around the government’s power to access citizen data without consent. “Clause 35 of the bill facilitates the government powers of surveillance. The
parameters mentioned in the provisions are not clear in their implications. The
use of phrases such as “security of the state” and “public order” in the
provisions indicates ambiguity in terms of its applications,” one public-policy
researcher Kazim Rizvi had previously noted.
Ø Besides this, they
also highlighted issues with the inclusion of non-personal data in the new law and
the absence of judicial participation in selecting the head of the regulatory
body. Some members also questions whether data should be localised.
Ø The committee
started discussions on the bill on January 16 last year and has conducted over 66 sittings since then,
with close to 160 hours
being spent on the deliberation. It has also received about 800
representations from a cross-section of stakeholders including industry,
lawyers, associations, non-profits and public representatives.
Ø Lekhi, in a
subsequent statement, said, “Whosoever is required, whether an individual or an entity, will
be asked to depose before the panel on the issue of protection of data and its privacy and their respective
social media platforms will be thoroughly examined by the panel. It would be
inappropriate and unfair to look at the calling of social media platforms from
a political prism.”
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Question :
Will the Social Media render the Data
Protection Bill, infructuous even before it is passed by Lok Sabha ?
Why
do I feel this way
?
It seems Social Media are fast coming up
with new tricks to use Personal Data of users without
their permission ( and make a ton of money, without compensating the users
) . Here is proof :
WhatsApp
tweaks privacy policy to share more user data with Facebook /
Adgully – 07 Jan 2020
Extract :
WhatsApp
updated their privacy policy on Monday that allows the messaging app to share commercial
user data with
parent company Facebook, as the company aims to enhance business usage among
group companies.
The
revised privacy norms allow the sharing of business interactions across the group. Those who do not
accept the updated privacy policy which come into force in February will not be able to access their
chats on the messaging platform.
Critics
of the move have said the updated privacy
policy allows the company to monetize private data of the user without their consent and
share this data with businesses and third party providers that transact on
these platforms
The
policy requires users to share transaction data, mobile device information, IP
address, and data on how they interact with businesses via Facebook owned
platforms.
India
has 400 million WhatsApp users and 310 million Facebook users (according to
Statista) which makes it the largest user base for the social media network
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Madam Lekhiji,
There
is only one way to stay ahead of such “ thievery “
by the Social Media
That
way is for introduction of a NEW clause in the Data Protection Bill, titled :
“ Grant of a Special Power of
Attorney by the Users “
Under this clause,
any user of Social Media can / will , absolutely
voluntarily grant to the
Government ( or Data Regulator ), a Special Power of Attorney, enabling the Government to enter into contracts with the
Social Media on behalf of such users, to get the users compensated for use of their Personal Data
by the Social Media
For this purpose,
Govt will create an online portal ( www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in
) where willing users will ,
Ø Register
Ø Submit their Personal Data ( at 10 different
levels of personal data details )
Ø Authorize the Government to fix the “ Sale Price “ to the Social Media, for sale of anonymized / aggregated “
Bulk User Data “ at each level ( without revealing user identity in any way )
For the detailed /
structured mechanism of how this clause will get implemented, read :
Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [
4 D ]………………….....
[ 14 Feb 2019 ]
SARAL ( Single Authentic Registration
for Anywhere Login )…[ 10 Feb 2019 ]
This e mail is in
pursuance of my following earlier e mail :
Ø Congrats
Smt Meenakshi Lekhiji [ 29 Nov 2020 ]
My suggestion ( to enable Users to monetize their own Personal Data ), is
congruent with the Government itself “ SELLING “ personal data of its citizen, as can be confirmed from
the following news reports / blogs :
Ø Pvt
firms, PSUs may get access to Centre’s crime database for a fee
Ø Database
to help verify Staff Antecednts may be rolled out this month
(
PSU, CORPs to pay fee / Free for Govt )
Ø Released
: Govt Policy for Selling Personal Data [ 05 Sept 2020 ]
Ø Govt clears policy to sell vehicle
registration data
Ø Bulk
Data Sharing / Selling Policy ? [ 12 Mar 2019 ]
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 08
Jan 2021
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Related Readings :
Hurry / do not Hesitate ………………………………………………
.[ 18 Nov 2020 ]
GAFA ( aka Monopoly V 2.0 ? ) ………………………………………[
30 Sept 2020 ]
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COPY TO :
Members of JPC for Data protection
Bill
Member
Name |
Party |
E Mail ID |
|
|
|
Meenakshi
Lekhi |
BJP |
|
P P
Chaoudhary |
BJP |
|
S S
Ahluwalia |
BJP |
|
Tejaswi
Surya |
BJP |
|
Ajay
Bhatt |
BJP |
|
Col
R Singh Rathore |
BJP |
rajvardhan.rathore@sansad.nic.in |
Sanjay
Jaiswal |
BJP |
|
Kirit
Solanki |
BJP |
|
Arvind
Dharmapuri |
BJP |
arvind.dharmapuri@sansad.nic.in |
Dr
Heena Gavit |
BJP |
|
Uday
Pratap Singh |
BJP |
|
Rajiv
Ranjan Singh |
JDU |
|
Gaurav
Gogoi |
Congress |
|
S
Jothi Mani |
Congress |
|
Prof
Saugata Roy |
TMC |
|
Kanimozhi |
DMK |
|
P V
Midhun Reddy |
YSR
Congress |
|
Dr
Shrikant Shinde |
Shivsena |
|
Bhartruhari
Mahtab |
BJD |
|
Ritesh
Pandey |
BSP |
|
Bhupendra
Yadav |
BJP |
|
Suresh
Prabhu |
BJP |
|
Rajeev
Chandrasekhar |
BJP |
|
Ashwini
Vaishnaw |
BJP |
|
Jairam
Ramesh |
Congress |
|
Vivek
Tankha |
Congress |
|
Derek
O’brien |
TMC |
|
A
Navneethkrishnan |
AIDMK |
|
Ram
Gopal Yadav |
TRS |
|
Amar
Patnaik |
BJP |
|
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