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

Friday 27 August 2021

Right to be Forgotten ? forget it !

 


Context :

Right to be forgotten, left alone inherent aspects of privacy: HC   /  HT  /  26 Aug 2021

Extract :

Ø  The Delhi high court has held that an individual has the “right to be forgotten” and “to be left alone” as facets of protection to their privacy.

Ø  The move is significant because India does not currently have a Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF), which is part of the Personal Data Protection Bill being reviewed by a parliamentary panel.

Ø  It is also significant because, in 2017, the Supreme Court held that the Right to Privacy is a fundamental right (as part of the Right to Life and Personal Liberty).

Ø  Justice Asha Menon, on Monday (August 23), made the assertions while accepting an unnamed actress’ plea for removal of her nude videos from Youtube and other web portals by the next date of hearing.


Ø  The court said that


            #   the “right to privacyincludes the right to be forgotten and the right

                  to be left alone as “inherent 

                  aspects” when a person is being exhibited against his / her will.


            # “….the plaintiff is entitled “to be left alone” and “to be forgotten”, she is

                 entitled to protection from invasion of her privacy by strangers and

                 anonymous callers on account of such publication,

                streaming / transmission of the suit videos by the defendants,”

                

            #  “….the right to privacy of the plaintiff is to be protected, especially

                 when it is her that is being exhibited against his/her will

                

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MY  TAKE  :

Ø  Privacy is Dead . RIP

Ø  If ( and when ), Data Protection Bill becomes an Act, and if it says “ Right to privacy is a fundamental right “ , then it will be an UNIMPLEMENTABLE law


Ø  Whether a person has given an explicit consent or not, personal / private data of all of us is all over the World Wide Web ( mostly without our consent )


Ø  Such data is hosted on thousands of websites ( their servers ). No idea where these are located, nor any idea of WHO owns these servers


Ø  It is likely to have been downloaded on millions of devices ( mobiles-tablets-laptops-PCs etc ) – spread all over the entire world !


Ø  Through any number of Apps ( eg: WhatsApp ), videos get “ forwarded “, millions of times


Ø  No individual person has ever succeeded in getting any Court to pass orders against these millions ( by names ) and no police force has ever succeeded in “ punishing “ the violators


Ø  That is why such a law would be “ Un-implementable “.


Ø  Knowing this, no one comes forward to file a case in court. It will drag on for years and earn fat fees for the lawyers !


Ø  I just came across on Youtube , two video of a famous Bollywood celebrity, saying unmentionable things about himself and his family members. Both videos were uploaded one year back and been “ viewed “, 33 lakh and 41 lakh times ( 5 minutes to 25 minutes ). A third one ( also uploaded one year back ) has been “ viewed “ 52 lakh times !


Ø  Why do you think this person is not filing a case against Youtube ?


Related Readings :

Ø  Privacy ? What is that ?................................[ 04 May 2017 ]

 

Ø  Delusion of Privacy ? ……………………………………….[ 10 June 2017 ]

 

Ø  2024 ! – V 2.0 of Orwellian 1984 ? …………………[ 07 July 2017 ]

 

Ø  Wherefore Art Thou, O Romeo ? …………………….[ 20 Sept 2017 ]

 

Ø          An  Open Letter to Dear Hon CJI.…………………….[ 13 Apr  2018 ]

 

Dear Shri Kiran Rijijuji

( Minister for Law and Justice / mljoffice@gov.in )


You may want to re-draft Data Protection Bill , in such a way that it becomes “ Dead at Birth “


My following earlier e-mail should convince you :

Anant ( without End ) : Anadi ( without Beginning )……………… [ 28 Aug 2020 ]

 

Extract :

Ø  Parallel to the Theory of Thermodynamics , I would like to propound the

             following  as far as the “ Theory of Information “ is concerned :


            “ Like Entropy , content keeps growing with each and every human

             interaction, either with other humans or with his environment ,

             and content  can no longer remain hidden, nor can it be destroyed  

             

            ( source : Nightmare - Aadhar - Privacy / 04 March 2918 _



 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 28 Aug 2021 

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