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Subject: LET US ASK IT GUYS : THEY KNOW THE FUTURE !
Trade Off :
Privacy vs LiveEasy ?
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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 )
·
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
/ blogs
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