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

Saturday, 16 February 2019

MAKE OUR DIGITAL BACKYARD SAFE


Dear Nilanjana,


Just read your following article  :


-      where you write :
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The prime reason for our lackadaisical attitude is that most Indians don’t value privacy.

We are yet to register the value of personal information — the actual monetary, marketable value.

My personal data, for instance, costs roughly $2.

If I take that as an average, then at least $2 billion worth of data belonging to 1.3 billion Indians are at stake here.

Which is why, when this data is taken without consent, it is a financial crime.

Yes, digitisation is the future. But let’s first plug the social, institutional and systemic weaknesses in our systems.


Following is my suggestion for plugging the “ Systemic Weakness “ :

Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]  


With regards,


Hemen






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