Trade
Off : Privacy
vs LiveEasy ?
Of late , all over the World , media ( online and
offline ) , is full of articles / opinions , with regard to the question of
protecting the private / personal data of citizens
These are :
·
What data are private and what are public
·
Who has the right to collect / compile such
data
·
In what ways such compiled data can be used
·
Does data-collector have a right to sell such
data to others for commercial purpose
·
What permissions must be obtained from the
citizens before compiling such data
·
Do such permissions constitute a legal
contract between the user and the compiler
·
Does the State have an obligation to
protect the data willingly given by users to compilers
·
What kind of Data Protection Law is
possible to enable such State Protection
·
How will a breach of such law get detected
·
Has the State got required resources to
monitor data-use by compilers , to detect misuse
·
If a Citizen-User has granted permission (
for such “ misuse “ ), can State declare it “ illegal “
This is only a partial list
For context , consider the following :
In India, suicide is considered “ illegal “ . You can be sued for “ attempting to commit suicide
“
But suicide survivors are never prosecuted !
And ,of course , non-survivors are beyond the reach of
the law !
Can State find – and prosecute – persons who display “
clear tendency for suicide “ ?
{ I believe Google
/ Facebook have technologies to discover
such disturbing trend in a user , from his postings / likes / comments /
searches ! }
Only other day, one expert said on a TV channel :
When a person downloads Facebook Messenger and accepts
its Terms and Conditions, it enables the mike on the Smart Phone to pick up
each and every “ spoken word “ ( even when the phone is switched off ! ) , and
relay to the Facebook server !
Isn’t that “ inviting an intruder “ in your house ?
The rate at which IoT ( Internet of Things ) is
proliferating , within 3 /5 years , there will be 50 IoT connected devices PER
PERSON , in entire world !
Remember , nearly a BILLION Indians already have “
Internet Connected Mobiles “ !
That means , each one of us will be 24 hours in close proximity
of some or other “ thing “ which can eavesdrop on our every word and relay it
to thousands of Computer Servers , spread all over the World !
Let me restate ( what I have repeatedly said in the
past )
Within one year , no one will ever know the following
about any CONTENT ( read , Private Data ) :
·
Nature of Content
·
WHO created
·
WHEN created
·
WHERE created
·
HOW created
·
HOW transmitted / circulated
·
HOW transformed ( “Speech to Text “ is so
yesterday transformation )
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To WHOM sold
·
HOW used
·
WHEN compiled
·
WHO compiled
·
WHERE stored
This is only a partial list of the “ Future of Content “
All of this makes the following news , totally “
irrelevant “ :
Narendra
Modi App asks for sweeping access: Camera, audio among 22 inputs
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/namo-app-asks-for-sweeping-access-camera-audio-among-22-inputs-facebook-data-leak-5111353/
Web site tweaks
privacy policy after it’s called out on data transfer, BJP’s IT cell chief
says, “ no security breach “
My humble request to ,
·
Shri B N Srikrishna Committee
,
Please , do not to recommend a Data Protection Law, which simply ,
cannot be
enforced / implemented !
·
Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasadji ,
GDPR ( https://www.eugdpr.org/ ) will come into effect from 25 May 2018
Let us watch how it plays out (
success in stopping misuse of citizen data ) for
one year before considering our own law
For all we know , technology –
and not any legislation – might provide a solution to the issue of privacy , -
technology such as :
PrivacyForSale
26 March 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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