Following is an extract from ( Economic Times / 18 July
) :
Vidhi to help in Data Shield Law
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MEITY ( Ministry of
Electronics and IT ) , is working on drafting a law on Data Protection
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In this , it is being helped
by Vidhi Centre for Legal
Policy [ arghya.sengupta@gmail.com
/ vidhi@vidhilegalpolicy.in ]
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MEITY will also seek help from eminent jurists and lawyers of the country
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There will be a larger stake-holder discussion exercise
after release of the first
draft
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Arghya Sengupta ( Founder of Vidhi ) said
:
“ Aadhaar is only one part
of this eco-system which is admittedly becoming larger
There is an issue with regard to what the private operators are
doing with the citizens’ data
, every time people sign onto an app and it asks for multiple permissions to access photos etc
I have little hesitation in admitting that
successive generations will possibly think that we were fools that every time
we downloaded an
application, we signed
away our rights
So , there
is a larger question which is not just an Aadhaar related question but in terms
of who owns our
data and what happens with personal
data that is shared
That is the
framework that we need and that’s essential the need of the hour
Be it
Governments, individuals or any private entity – any entity that processes large data should have some obligation with respect
to data handling
The legislation should have rules pertaining to
obligation of data handlers , ways of collection of data , its use , and do’s and don’ts for any kind of
onward sharing
“
MY TAKE :
·
In the drafting team , besides Jurists and
Lawyers , include some Data Scientists
·
Get this team to agree on the
definitions / meanings
of the following TERMS , before releasing of that FIRST draft :
# Private
# Data
# App
# Permission
# Access
# Download
# Sign
# Rights
# Own
# Personal
# Share
# Entity
# Processing
# Obligation
# Handling
# Collection
# Use
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Already the line delimiting
the HARDWARE from SOFTWARE is getting
blurred ( eg : storing data in DNA or STEM
CELLS )
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Technology has ( almost )
evolved to the point where there is NO NEED to ask any PERMISSION from anyone ( who is creating – processing – handling
etc of data ).
Any device
that you carry or wear , will automatically transmit your every single THOUGHT to a CENTRAL SERVER !
And that ARIHANT
will also SAVE the humanity from Artificial
Intelligence !
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Under Internet
of Things ( IoT ) , each living human will get assigned 50,000 TRILLION , unique IP Addresses , under IP V 6.0 ( including for that
packet of food we eat and that bottle of water we drink ! ) – that is 10 BILLION IP addresses for each hair on our bodies !
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We will be “ Watched /
Measured / Imaged / Listened to / Analysed / Administered / Governed “ , every
second of our lives ( - and no one will even ask for any permission ! )
Anyone
wearing an AR / VR device ( which will be everyone ! ) , will know who we are
and what we are doing , at ANY MOMENT !
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The Omnipresent CLOUD will tell us , what
we should NEED and
what we should DESIRE
and where we should TRAVEL
and what we should SEE
! May be , even how long we should LIVE !
A 9 Judge bench of the Supreme Court [ supremecourt@nic.in
] , has been set up to decide whether “ Right to Privacy “ is ( or is not ) , a Constitutional Right of Indian citizens
I urge the Hon Judges to invite some eminent “ DATA SCIENTISTS “ for deposing their technical views on this
subject , before passing their order
After reading my following blogs , Hon Judges might want to ask
them :
“ Will
technology render India’s Constitution , irrelevant ? If yes , how soon ? “
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19 July
2017
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