RE: FOR ATTN : SHRI Sadanand Gowdaji

Supreme may Propose :  Technology will Dispose

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Last week , I sent following emails to the Supreme Court [ SupremeCourt@nic.in ] :

·         Privacy ?  Perish the Thought !  (  19 July )

     https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/07/privacy-parish-thought.html

#RighttoPrivacy ! Thank You Your Honors !  ( 20  July  )

      https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/07/right-to-privacy-thank-you-your-honours.html

While debating whether our Constitution does ( or does not ) provide for an individual citizen’s RIGHT to PRIVACY , it becomes necessary to also debate the following :

·         Should larger  “ Societal Good “  prevail over an individual’s right to privacy – especially if no violation of dignity is involved  ?

·         If I am unable to stop junk advts arriving in my physical mail box ( pamphlets / literature ) , should I feel offended with email such as :

“ Hey ! Since you are sending so many emails to Nandan Nilekani , would you like to read his book , “ Re-imagining India “ ? “

    Can the world-wide  March of Technology  be stopped by India’s Supreme Court

     by dictating , who cannot “ invent “ , what ?

     Eg : Without explicit permission from the person concerned  :

     #  Smart phones which read human dreams and “message “ to WhatsApp group

     #  Spectacles ( ala Google Glass ) which allow wearer to take 1 hr videos of

         anyone / anytime , walking on the road and upload on the CLOUD

    #   Wrist bands which measure precise drug level in blood and alert the Police

    #   Shirt-mounted Cameras worn by Mumbai Police to capture video / audio of

         traffic offenders

    #   RFID collars around the necks of prisoners on parole , to track their

         Movements

    #   Currency Notes made of flexible / conducting Plastic , capable of capturing the

         finger-prints of every person who handles it and then relaying that info to

         Income Tax department

    #   TV sets that “ record and transmit “ , what you are watching ( like web site

         cookies ) . All you did was to switch on the TV . Who said anything about

         permission ?

    #   Clothes that you forgot to wear for 6 months , announcing their own “ sale “

          on E bay website (and , without asking your permission , revealing what

          private under-clothes you wear , to entire world  ! )

         Read : Help ! Please , Rescue me ! 

         https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/08/help-please-rescue-me.html

·         Can our Supreme Court tell :

#  Zuckerberg  > Don’t deploy drones -lasers, beaming internet signals to Indians

#  Sundar Pichai  >  Scrap you Project LOON / Project Skybender ( 5G internet )

#  ViaSat / Boeing >  No beaming of 1Gbps internet  from satellites to Indians

#  SpaceX / Virgin Galactic  > Keep your revolutionary internet tech to yourself

#  Prof Jhunjhunwala ( IIT-M ) > Do not license , your invention that delivers

    Internet signals using ordinary 220V domestic electrical outlet – to Indians

#  Satya Nadela > You are clearly invading  Privacy of Indians by launching your

    Mobile App “ Seeing AI “ , described below :

          “ Seeing AI “ can identify things in your environment – people , objects and

           Even  EMOTIONS – to provide important context for what’s going on around

           you . The app is also good at reading text . It can be used to take a picture

           of the text .

           THE APP CAN TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE REALLY LISTENING

           TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING

           and ,

           IT CAN DESCRIBE THE GENERAL AGE AND GENDER OF THE

           PEOPLE  AROUND YOU AS WELL AS THEIR EMOTIONS

          

           

           

·         Can our Supreme Court prevent foreign companies – and foreign individuals ( over whom , it has no jurisdiction ) – from entering into  “ Delivery Contracts “ with Indian Citizens to deliver “ Services or even Goods “ , over the Internet ? - contracts requiring that Indian Citizen to surrender his PERSONAL / PRIVATE information willingly – and agreeing that the same can be used in ANYWAY  ! )

 

·         If such Foreign Companies ( or Individuals ) were to obtain from those Indian Citizens , a “ Waiver “ for all / any kind of litigation / damages , can Indian Judiciary  still intervene and prosecute such Foreign Companies / Individuals ?

How many will you sue ? And where ?

·         And what about PRIVATE / PERSONAL information about Indian Citizens , already available on the internet that ANYONE can scrap and even sell to others ?

To know the extent of this issue , in Google , just type :

“ Database Vendors in India “ ( Which of these 58.4 LAKH , will you sue ? )

·         What about PERSONAL / PRIVATE information that tomorrow’s ( - already here ! ) technology will “ ACQUIRE WITHOUT ASKING “ , an individual’s permission ?

While debating these LARGER ISSUES ( - which will decide whether RIGHT  TO  PRIVACY , is implementable or not ), I urge the Honourable Judges to consider the following :

Microsoft / Google / Amazon etc have started selling devices ( ASSISTANTS ) , which sit on your desk and answer many of your ( so far , simple ) questions and carry out ( so far , simple ) instructions,

But ,

These have started OBSERVING your every movement and LISTENING to your every SPOKEN WORD and relaying to the CLOUD !

It is only a matter of time before EVERY SMART PHONE sold in the market , is capable of all of these things – and MORE ! ( Eg :  reading your THOUGHTS and relaying to CLOUD !

Pl read :

Fast Forward to Future

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/10/fast-forward-to-future-3-f.html

          Artificial Intelligence : Brahma , Vishnu or Mahesh ?  

 

   https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/06/in-hindu-mythology-brahma-creator.html

 

Already, Mobile Apps come embedded with AI powered  ALGORITHMS , which tell you :

 

         #  What to BUY – and from WHERE

         #  The right TIME to invest , HOW much and in WHICH equity / investment

 

       ( - without asking you to provide your PRIVATE / PERSONAL  information )

 

By next year , you will be able to buy a REFRIGERATOR , which will place orders for food ( of course , without asking you ) on your Super Market , based on keen observation of your EATING HABITS ( - some would consider , PRIVATE  ? )

 

     Who knows , before long , that computer database of the Super Market ( which

     has stored all of your food preferences ) , will deliver food without your fridge

     ordering – and even recommend to your friends , what you have been eating !

 

     I have no doubt that in the years to come , our devices / appliances will take over

     more and more decisions of our life , just by observing us 24*7 !

 

Self Driving cars will come to a sudden stop if you happen to cross the road and save your life,

          But ,

          It’s camera ( which noticed you / photographed you ) will know precisely WHO

          you are , WHERE you live , WHAT you do ! Of course , without asking for your

          details !  Who cares  as long as you are not over-run !

 

As a citizen , you expect the Government to provide COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH –

     CARE , throughout your life

 

          That would require ( apart from issuing an AADHAAR id at birth ) , collection

          of following , about each new born ( - and “ about to be born “ as well ? ) :

 

          #   Details of both , Father and Mother

          #   Stem Cell samples /  DNA- GENOME mapping

          #   Blood Group data – Blood Chemistry – Pathological Test Data

          #   Height – Weight – Colour – Retina Scan

          #   ECG – EEG – Respiratory Data – CT Scan – X Ray

          #   Vaccination Details…..etc

 

          Would you / should you raise PRIVACY CONCERNS , if Government decides that

          any Doctor or Hospital treating you during your entire life , can access your data

          over internet  ?

 

         Or , the next door “ Chemist Shop “ deliver to you that “ Customized Medicine “ at

         the right instance in your life’s journey  ?

 

Find some more arguments ( for withdrawing “ life support system “ to a patient suffering from a terminal illness ) , read :

 

          Privacy  does  not  live  here 

         https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/07/privacy-does-not-live-here.html

 

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 23  July  2017

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Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh

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3P Consultants \ Strategic Human Resources Consultants

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Subject: RE: FOR ATTN : SHRI Sadanand Gowdaji

Privacy  does  not  live  here  !

Once upon a time it did , but no more

A time when people lived on the ground and visited each other in their offices to conduct business or in their homes for small talk

Then around 1981 , came IBM PC ( and clones called, “ IBM Compatibles “ ) , followed by Internet around 1990

That started the deluge !

·         E-Mailing / Messaging  Apps ( one – to – one / one – to – many )

·         Search Engines / Job Portals

·         Social Media sites / E Commerce sites / Aggregator sites of every type

·         Hardware ( Smart phones / Tablets / Laptops / Wrist Bands )

·         Spiders / Crawlers / Cookies / Mobile Apps / Chat Bots

·         Headsets ( AR / VR ) / Hepatic Gloves / Holograms / Google Glasses

·         Artificial Intelligence / Cloud / IP V.6

·         Robots ( to give me medicines or keep me company in 85^th year of life )

And , with or without my permission , these “ apparitions / contraptions “ captured – and made available for everyone to view – EVERYTHING  about me ( - for monetary considerations or in exchange for INFORMATION about the users ! )

This was information about me , which , until their arrival , was known to only a few .

Information such as :

·         Who I am ( name )

·         Where and when, I was born / who were my parents

·         Where I grew up / where I live currently

·         Do I live in a rented place or in an owned flat

·         What Schools / Colleges I attended ( - and degrees I acquired )

·         What Companies I worked for and salaries I got

·         How I travel to work ( own vehicle or public transport )

·         Where I go for my holidays / what books I read

·         Who I married and who are my children ( - and how many )

·         If divorced , how much alimony I pay and to whom

·         Where I invest my money ( Banks – Funds – Equity etc )

·         How much I have borrowed from whom and for how long

·         My Credit ranking  ( including my spending history / card wise – wallet wise )

·         What are my eating ( food ) preferences and the restaurants I visit

·         What I do for entertainment ( Music / Movies / Videos )

·         What clothes I wear and how often do I buy

·         Who are my friends and how often I phone / text them / meet them

·         What ailments I suffer from and what medicines I take

·         What minor offences ( traffic ) or crimes that I have committed

·         What elections I have contested ( won and lost )

·         Who are my doctors / lawyers / brokers / agents etc

·         What web sites I visit and how often and for how long

·         What do I search on the Net / What RSS feeds I subscribe to

·         What TV channels I watch and Radio Stations that I listen to

·         Every photo of mine ever taken ( selfie or otherwise )

·         Every phone call that I ever made or received

·         Every Email / Text message that I ever sent or received

·         Every blog / comment that I ever posted on the Web

·         Every face-to-face communication that I engaged in

And when that ( dreaded ? ) SINGULARITY arrives ( when Computer / Internet / Artificial Intelligence combination , is expected to get smarter than the human beings ) , expect the following :

·         Even things about me , which I may have left out in the above list , will be known to the GOD( Give Our Data ) residing in the CLOUD (no need for any permission )

·         That O3 ( Omnipresent / Omniscient / Omnipotent ) , will dictate my life

·         Hopefully , O3  will be governed by Issac Asimov’s “ 3 Laws of Robotics “ 

·         ARIHANT will ensure the survival of HUMANITY

     https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/10/fast-forward-to-future-3-f.html

Postman does not knock at my door anymore

He knows , “ Privacy does not live here “

22  July  2017

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Hemen Parekh

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Subject: RE: FOR ATTN : SHRI Sadanand Gowdaji

#RighttoPrivacy  !  Thank You Your Honors  !

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Thank you Your Honours ,

Thank you for taking time out to read my following E mail sent to you [ supremecourt@nic.in ], yesterday morning .

Privacy ?  Parish the Thought !

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/07/privacy-parish-thought.html

Today’s Hindustan Times [ 20 July ], carries following report :

“ Right to Privacy isn’t absolute, observes the Supreme Court “

A rare 9-judge bench of the Supreme Court said the  RIGHT TO PRIVACY IS NOT ABSOLUTE, making its first observations on Wednesday as it began hearing on an issue that could have a sweeping impact on issues such as the Aadhaar scheme and the law criminalising homosexuality.

The bench began the process to decide if privacy can be regarded as a fundamental right guaranteed to all Indians, a question that arose from the legal challenge to the Aadhaar programme that activists say impinges on the right to privacy.

“ If privacy is about right to make a choice, then choice in what areas ?  Family, sexual orientation, gender identity, surveillance, what all? ”  , it observed.

In addition to the Section 377 case, the SC’s ruling on privacy will impact a case against mobile communication application WhatsApp in which petitioners have opposed its policy to share user data with its parent Facebook.

‘ NEED TO DEFINE PRIVACY ’

During the hearing the bench felt that right to privacy was too “amorphous” a term and said that to recognise privacy as a definite right, it had to first define it.

“How do we  DEFINE  privacy ?

What are its CONTENTS  ?

Its  CONTOURS  ? 

How can the State  REGULATE  privacy ?

What  OBLIGATIONS  does the State have to PROTECT a person’s privacy ? ”  

Justice Chandrachud asked the lawyers representing petitioners in Aadhaar case.

AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY MAY CAUSE  MORE HARM THAN GOOD, the bench said.

The observations may or may not be a part of the court’s final ruling.

Justice Chandrachud also posed several questions on data protection in the age of social media, saying ,

SOCIAL MEDIA  did not exist when the  CONSTITUTION  was made.

IF PEOPLE HAVE PUT THEMSELVES IN THE PUBLIC REALM USING TECHNOLOGY, IS THAT NOT A SURRENDER OF THEIR RIGHT TO PRIVACY?,” the judge said, asking if right to privacy is non-negotiable.

Senior advocate Shyam Divan placed before the bench a statement made by a minister in March admitting privacy was “probably a fundamental right” and “part of individual liberty.”

Divan said in the internet age, one should have the right of  “ informational self-determination ”. “ I should know how much I should put forward and not be compelled,” he submitted.

He complained there was hardly any data protection in this digital age, leading to a compromise in privacy.

Former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium said right to liberty and lead a life of dignity includes the right to privacy.

“The right to liberty means the right to make personal choices, the right to develop one’s personality, one’s aura, one’s thinking and actions, the freedom of religion and conscience, the freedom to believe or not believe,” he told the bench, which will continue hearing the case on Thursday.

Thank you Your Honours ;

Thank you for making me , a  “ party ( in absentia ) to the on-going litigation “

My humble submission :

If those who drafted our Constitution in 1947 , could not have foreseen the CONTOURS that SOCIAL MEDIA will acquire in 2017 , it was understandable

But in 2017 , when 10 year old children are coding Mobile Apps employing Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality / Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Neural Networks / Hepatic Interfaces / Holographic Projections etc , would anyone understand if lawyers / jurists ( of this Software Super Power , India ), decided to bury their heads in the sand , hoping that they will , somehow escape getting buried under the inevitable Sand Storm of TECHNOLOGY ?

20  July  2017

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