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

Wednesday, 13 March 2019

TIME TO ASCERTAIN OUR SOVEREIGNITY


In its last Cabinet meeting few days back , NDA government cleared the : BULK DATA SHARING POLICY


By selling anonymized / aggregated data of 230 million vehicles in the country, government may earn a few hundred crores of rupees each year


Obviously " money making " , was not the driving force behind this decision


But the significance of this POLICY DECISION is the acceptance of the following PRINCIPLE :


# Citizens are the sole DATA OWNERS of their private / personal Data


# Social Media must be made to PURCHASE such data for a price , from the data-owners


# Extension of this policy to cover data of citizens is both, natural and urgent


# Towards this end, the proposed DATA PROTECTION LAW shall incorporate the mechanism of :





Bulk  Data  Sharing / Selling  Policy  ?


Just what I have been advocating for past 2 years to get the Social Media to pay Indian users for use of their private / personal data



What are you driving at ?

·      I think , with this announcement , government seems to have accepted in principle that ,
·       
#  Users of Social Media web sites are the sole “ DATA OWNERS “ of their personal / private data


#  Social Media just cannot be allowed to mint tons of money, selling user data, without compensating
    such users first ( in advance of using such data )


#  Left to their own selfish “ corporate policies “, Social Media are unlikely to pay in advance ( not 
    reimburse at some later date , after a long court case ! ) for such user-data


#  There is no way an individual can force a Social Media web site to enter into some kind of “ data
     purchase agreement “ with him


#   It , therefore , becomes the Indian Government’s responsibility to prevent such “ DATA THEFT “ by
     forcing the Social Media to enter into “ BULK DATA PURCHASE AGREEMENTS “ with the government


#   The only practical way to implement such a regime of a transparent / equitable and  omnibus ,“ DATA
     SALE “ is through implementing :

                  Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]



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What data ? What policy ?

Just came across following news :



Name of the Policy  :
Bulk Data Sharing Policy


What data ?
·      Vehicle Registration Number
·      Engine and Chassis Number
·      Date of purchase and Insurance Validity
·      Colour
·      Details of loan provider ( will not have the owner’s name )
·      In all , 28 fields of data for each vehicle will be shared
·       

Cost and Conditions :
·      Commercial organizations of individuals will need to pay Rs 3 CRORE for FY 20
·      Educational Institutions will need to pay Rs 5 LAKH, but are allowed to use it for research only
·      Organizations requesting data should be registered in India and be majority – owned by an Indian resident or company
·      Organizations will also need to go through security audits
·       

Is there any FREE data that one can get ?
·      In addition to the data for sale, “ free access to the vehicle’s basic data is available to all the registered users through mParivahan App or through the web portal of the Ministry. The information available shall be restricted to the basic details regarding statutory compliances and the owner’s name. The purpose of this information is to promote statutory compliances and also facilitate individual hiring/ renting or purchase/ sale of vehicles and hiring of drivers ”
·       

Privacy Worries :
·      The policy itself admits “ there is a possibility of triangulation “ – matching the data with other publicly available databases to determine information that can compromise their privacy ( That’s because the Vahan app, also run by the ministry, maps registration details against names. And names, in some cases, can help track other details, including addresses, e-mails, and phone numbers )
·      Experts said the move effectively means personal information of millions of Indians will now be sold
·       

Is there a precedence ?
·      According to the Ministry, at present, the data is shared with specified law enforcement agencies andin addition, data is also shared with Automobile Industries , Banks, Finance companies etc., at specified rates for each data set
·      Banks and insurance companies purchase data at 50 per record and transport companies and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) take it at 100 per record.
·       

Any other plans to “ monetize “ personal data of users ? 
·      The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the railway budget for financial year 206-17 had also announced its plans of monetizing the huge pool of passenger data available with the Indian Railways. In October, 2018, IRCTC, railways’ ticketing arm, had issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) seeking offers on its data from private players.
·       

What about data protection ?
·      The data will be encrypted with the public key of the nodal person of the purchasing organization who will manage the data securely
·       

Logic advanced by the Ministry :
·      It is recognized that sharing data for other purposes, in a controlled manner, can support the transport and automobile industry. The sharing of data will also help in service improvements and wider benefits to citizens and government. In addition , it will also benefit the country’s economy. The prime focus is on delivering simpler, better and safer services to the citizens…

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Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji,


In a relay race , at each hand-over of the baton, the next player does not ask :


“  Shall I run or not run ? “


That decision gets taken for each and every member of the entire team , before entering the race !


Once entered , it is only a question of grabbing the baton and running like mad


With the Cabinet having decided to “ monetize “ the USER DATA for 230 million vehicles, nothing stops you to grab
that policy and “ monetize “ the private / personal data of the 500 million internet users of our country


You have the power – and the onus – to enable each user to earn Rs 30,000 per year by selling his ( anonymized and aggregated ) data to Social Media


No UBI ( Universal Basic Income ) can do this trick – and without costing the exchequer anything !

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13  March  2019

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]

Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 10:57 AM

To: 'Cabinet Ministers'; 'BJP National Executive'; 'psfs@mea.gov.in'; 'Rajeev.kher@ris.org.in'; 'Sanjeev@sanjeevsanyal.com'; 'Pulak.ghosh@iimb.ac.in'; 'ictsd@ictsd.ch'; 'amb-indiawto@nic.in'; 'rajiv@luthra.com'; 'Editors'; 'cb@cii.in'; 'prakash.j@sansad.nic.in'; 'Loksabha1'; 'Loksabha2'; 'Rajyasabha'; 'manifesto@inc.in'; 'mphamirpur@gmail.com'; 'hpcapresident@yahoo.com'; 'comit@sansad.nic.in'


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Subject: TIME TO ASSERT OUR STRENGTHS : NEAR and FAR ?



France is about to make 30 Internet Giants to pay a DIGITAL TAX , amounting to Rs 4,000 crore per year

Spain and UK will follow soon

Being 20 times their size, we in India can make these Internet Giants to pay our citizens ( DBT into their bank accounts ) , Rs 80,000 Crore PER YEAR, for using their PERSONAL DATA

How long will we suffer from inferiority complex / mental slavery ?

If 21st Century has to , truly belong to India , here is the definitive way to announce it to the Western World !


Taxing  the  Data  Thieves  ?


Dear Anurag Thakur,

[  Chairman , Parliamentary Committee on IT  ]



I am sure the following news could not have escaped your attention :

Extract :
France intends to tax the revenue of about 30 Internet giants such as Amazon.com Inc. to help ensure “ fiscal justice,” according to Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire.
The levy of as much as 5 percent of French sales will start Jan. 1 and potentially raise about 500 million euros ( $570 million = Rs 4,000 Crore ) for the state, Le Maire told Le Parisien newspaper
Spain and the U.K. are also working on digital sales taxes………… 
France intends to tax revenues from local targeted ads, marketplaces and the re-selling of personal data.
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Now , our population at 1300 million is 20 times that of France ( at 65 million )
So , we could justifiably demand that those Social Media pay us , twenty times as much ( 10 billion euros = approx. Rs 80,000  crore / year )
And without getting into the hassle of :
#    Determining how much was the global sales revenue and local sales revenue of each Social Media
#   Serve a tax notice ( bound to be challenged and only to end up in years-long court cases )
#   Decide how to use that money ( if and when collected ) for which section of society , when and how
It is much better / easier / faster to just implement :

Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ] 

 

This is the only way to,

#   Stop those “ Data Thieves “ from stealing our personal data and force them to

#   Compensate the “ Data Owners “ by transferring the “ Purchase Price “ directly into their

     bank accounts


What is more :

#  IndiaDataCustodian which acts as a conduit for these payments ( a “ pass through “)
     will have complete record of payments earned by each registered citizen

#  This can be made an integral component of planned Data Protection Law

#  No one in opposition dare oppose this !



Dear Anurag,

In your quiver , this is the BRAHMASTRA - the ultimate weapon
  
And time to use it has come

Only you can decide what you want the HISTORY to remember you for  !

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05  March  2019






From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]

Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1:44 PM

To: 'Cabinet Ministers'; 'BJP National Executive'; 'psfs@mea.gov.in'; 'Rajeev.kher@ris.org.in'; 'Sanjeev@sanjeevsanyal.com'; 'Pulak.ghosh@iimb.ac.in'; 'ictsd@ictsd.ch'; 'amb-indiawto@nic.in'; 'rajiv@luthra.com'; 'Editors'; 'cb@cii.in'; 'prakash.j@sansad.nic.in'; 'Loksabha1'; 'Loksabha2'; 'Rajyasabha'; 'manifesto@inc.in'; 'mphamirpur@gmail.com'; 'hpcapresident@yahoo.com'; 'comit@sansad.nic.in'


Cc: 'ssbhalla@gmail.com'; 'bibek.debroy@gov.in'; 'ashima@igidr.ac.in'; 'rr1@nipfp.org.in'; 'ratanp.watal@gov.in'; 'ceo-niti@nic.in'; 'Indian Think Tanks'; 'Gurudatt Kundapurkar'; 'Haridas Shenoy'; 'Pradeep Talpade'; 'amit.doshi@dbcorp.in'; 'amitabh.kant@nic.in'; 'admin@narendramodi.in'; 'BJP-Dept-Heads'; 'Indrajit Sethi'; 'vch-niti@gov.in'; 'blchangemakers@thehindu.co.in'; 'ADR'; 'amitshah.bjp@gmail.com'; 'TIMESjourno'; 'DNAjourno'; 'assocham@nic.in'; 'ficci@ficci.com'; 'Economics'; 'Business Leader'; 'TV Anchors'; 'Chartered Accountant Institute Members'; 'Cost Accountants Institute Members'; hcp@RecruitGuru.com


Subject: TIME FOR DIALOGUE IS OVER !




Dear Anurag [ Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on IT ],


This morning, our Air Force pilots have gone ( where no one has gone before ) and dropped 1,000 kg bombs to NEUTRALIZE the JeM's terror outfit


Just took 19 minutes !


Why are you first waiting for 3 weeks and then wasting 4 hours of your time to " listen " to the " demands for proof " from Social Media sites ?


It is high time you stopped " listening " and start " talking" , about recovering $ 10 Billion which they have looted from our citizens ! I hope , you are not waiting for Shri Modiji's instructions



What  are  you  waiting  for  ?


Dear Anurag Thakur,
[  Chairman , Parliamentary Committee on IT  ]


A few days back, our Prime Minister, Shri Modiji had said :


“ We have left it to our Military commanders to decide what action to take , when to take it and in which manner to take it, against Pakistan, for all the terrorist acts it is committing against India – including killing of innocent civilians “


And around 3:48 hour this morning , the commanders carried out air-strikes in, not only PoK but even inside Pakistan

With laser guided 1,000 kg bombs  !


I hope you are not waiting for PM to tell you :

Anurag ,

I leave it to you to decide “ WHAT “ action you should take against the Social Media web sites which are,

·      spreading fake news / misinformation / biased political propaganda
  
·      conniving with mischievous tweets to influence election outcomes

·      without permission or even their knowledge, selling private-personal data of our citizens to earn $ 100 billion every year (  colonial exploitation of our data, - worse than during British rule of India )


I leave it to you to decide “ HOW “ you plan to get those websites to pay their Indian users, $ 10 Billion each year , to enable them to,

·      save their 16 lakh children who die in India every single year due to mal-nutrition

·      save 12 lakh citizens who die each year due to air pollution

·      save 17,000 farmers who are forced to commit suicide each year
·       
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Dear Anurag,


I am sure , Shri Modiji did not expect you to tell the Social Media , the following :


Twitter failed to give clear answers to some questions raised by the panel, as per available information.

It has been given 10 days to respond to those questions in writing.



These include “whether Twitter is registered in India and whether it stands registered as a technology or media company; number of employees working for Twitter India”.


The panel has also asked Twitter to “improve its grievance redressing mechanism” which a few panel members described as “slow and non- transparent”. 



…. Social media giant Facebook, said it welcomes the opportunity to answer questions from the parliamentary committee to outline the specific steps the company has undertaken to help ensure the safety of its users. 



Dear Anurag,


Pak PM , Imran had the temerity to tell Shri Modiji  :

 “ Give us the proof of our involvement and we will act  “


Are you waiting for the Social Media to tell you :

“ Where is the proof that we made $ 100 billion, using private data of the Indians  ?  “



Dear Anurag,

It is time you drop on those Social Media sites , a $ 10 BILLION  BOMB , in the shape of :


Time for meetings / dialogue is over !

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26   Feb    2019



From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]


Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:04 PM


To: Cabinet Ministers; BJP National Executive; 'psfs@mea.gov.in'; 'Rajeev.kher@ris.org.in'; 'Sanjeev@sanjeevsanyal.com'; 'Pulak.ghosh@iimb.ac.in'; 'ictsd@ictsd.ch'; 'amb-indiawto@nic.in'; 'rajiv@luthra.com'; Editors; 'cb@cii.in'; 'prakash.j@sansad.nic.in'; Loksabha1; Loksabha2; Rajyasabha; 'manifesto@inc.in'


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Subject: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE



It is time for 130 cr Indians to sing :

Nothing is Impossible in the NEW INDIA,

Run Mark run / Run Jack run / Run Pichai run / Run Satya run / Run Bezos run

Social Media , Stop being Unsocial

Social Media , Share your profit with us

Social Media , Pay first and use our Personal data later

And if you won't , QUIT INDIA

Each one of you will get replaced by an Indian Startup within 6 months !



In China :  It is “ Comply or Quit “



That is what the Chinese Government is telling the Foreign Companies setting up shop in China

How  ?
China has a law which says :

Based upon the Company Law, party organizations should be permitted to be established in a foreign-invested enterprise – JV or 100% foreign-owned – if it employs three or more party members.

Article 19 requires companies to provide the “necessary conditions” for the activities of party organizations, which shall be established within the company according to the CCP Constitution.




Does this apply even to American Companies ?
You bet !
In a TV interview on BBC , last evening, Chairman of Huawei Group , Guo Ping said , even IBM, Microsoft and Motorola ( owned by Google ) , had to permit the setting up of Communist Party organizations within their Chinese establishments



How many American companies are obliged to do so ?
Approx.  900 companies with a combined investment of $ 220 Billion



What is the relevance to India ?     
Indian political system is a “ Multi-party Democracy “ , hence there is no question of NDA government asking foreign companies to set up “ BJP Party Committees “ in their local establishments !  We are not a “ Dragon Dictatorship “



Then why bring this up ?
Because , Twitter CEO , Jack Dorsey refused to attend the meeting called tomorrow by Shri Anurag Thakur , Chairperson , Parliamentary Committee on IT , to discuss the issue of fake news / misinformation etc , by Twitter
Apparently he thinks “ Twitter is above the Indian Laws “ and not answerable to Anurag !



How does Dorsey get such an impression ? 
I think he mistakes the politeness of Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji , who , yesterday said at the Global Business Summit :



“ And if some companies……seek to unleash data imperialism, that will not be acceptable. India is too huge a country to surrender before that .

You need to have data – social , economic .

But that data must be anonymized. If you have this kind of pragmatic ideas, then you would think a good way will be found

But in this debate, every stakeholder has to become pragmatic “




If Indian politeness fails to get our message across, what should we do ?

Bluntly announce our intention to launch IndiaDataCustodian and tell all Social Media sites to sign up agreements with Data Protection Regulator , as outlined in ;



Does any Social Media entity support this view ?
Yes !
At the GBS , Alan Mamedi, co-founder and CEO of TrueCaller said :

“  The fundamental belief of organizations should be that the data belongs to the individual and they are the custodian of such data ………..allowing consumers to trade or benefit off their personal data, is one that needs to deeper introspection “

And Osama Bedier, founder and CEO of Poynt said :

“ Allowing consumers’ greater control over their personal data was a situational issue. … There are things that people profit off, off you, and there is a really good argument there for you to benefit, when others profit “

And Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Advisor, said :

“ The country favors data localization to protect its data resources that are more valuable than oil as they are mobile and can be used in different ways.

Every country in the world is doing its own data colonization….

I am in favour of a data protection act because we have no option, because every country has done it and so should we . We have to protect our own businesses and technology development “


Rameesh Kailasam, CEO , Indiatech , says :

The government is making it clear that there is the rule and you are welcome if you play by the rules. “

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In his speech yesterday at Global Business Summit , Shri Modiji said :

“ For decades, a narrative was made that certain things are impossible in India.

  The progress our nation has achieved since 2014 gives me confidence that nothing is
  impossible for 130 cr Indians


Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji,

Does that “ nothing is impossible “ include ,

130 cr Indians submitting their personal data ONLY on IndiaDataCustodian portal , and Social Media web sites compelled to enable log in through ,


SARAL  [  Single  Authentic  Registration , Anywhere  Login  ]   ?

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26  Feb  2019





From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
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Subject: BELL THE CAT ? NOT DIFFICULT AT ALL

How low have we descended in our servility to Social Media companies ?

We have to " beg " them :

Even if you are the New Emperor , do not resort to " Data Imperialism !

Please , do not colonize us !


Oh ! What a fall was there , my Countrymen !

( - without apologies to Julius Caesar )




United  We  Stand  :  Divided  We  Fall


Just read this in today’s Economic Times :

Extract :

India is keen on the storage of key personal data within the country to prevent “ data imperialism ”, Law, Justice and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said at the Global Business Summit on Saturday 



Context :

Keywords are : Colonization  /  Imperialism


To us Indians , these words bring back the memories of the 150 year long British Rule


How did a few thousand British persons posted in India, manage to “ Colonize “ some 33 crore ( 330 million in ‘40s ) Indians and rule over them ?


It was simple

They ensured that our 200+ princely states do not UNITE , but remain DIVIDED


Even fight with one another !


And how !


In 1943 , I remember travelling by BBCI Railway ( Bombay Baroda and Central India ) train from Bombay to Rajkot  ( now renamed Western Railways )


One had to change trains at Viramgam junction, with the two trains on either side of the platform


In the middle of the platform, were a series of concrete benches , where passengers were required to open their bags ( as it still happens occasionally, at arrivals of International flights ), for examination by “ Jakaatdaars “ – and pay duty for some goods !

I am sure , similar “ Customs Duty “ payments were in force in all the princely states !


WHAT  IS  THE  RELEVANCE  ?

Today, an Indian citizen has to submit , more or less , SAME DATA , again and again on the following web sites :

·      Social Media sites
·      Mobile Apps Sites / Stores
·      E Commerce
·      Banks
·      Fintech
·      Search Engines
·      Buyer-Seller online platforms
·      Job Portals
·      Govt web sites for getting DBT / subsidies / filing returns / documents
·      Govt web sites for lodging all kinds of complaints
·      Web sites of Service Providers ( Mobile / TV Channels etc )



List goes on and on


Each of these entities want to create their own DATABASES of citizens

And hold these DATABASES , close to their chests - never want to share with anyone else


They are behaving exactly like those 200 + princely states , fighting with each other


And the likes of Google – Amazon – Facebook – Apple ( GAFA ) and Twitter etc , want to make sure that these Database-Holders , never unite !


GAFA is the New Emperor ( - a handful , like the British posted in India in 1943 )


Millions of Indian companies ( holding citizen data ) are the New Colony

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GAFA Emperor ( Twitter CEO ) , Jack Dorsey , has refused to attend the meeting called by Parliamentary Committee on IT , on 26th Feb

Are we getting his message , viz :

Who are you to say we cannot colonize India ?


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Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji,



Who ( or What ) can unite us and empower us to throw out GAFA , by telling them :

“  You need to play this game by our rules or Quit India “  ?


Here is the message that India should send to Dorsey :


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24  Feb  2016













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