Shri Jayant Singaji / Here is a FRAMEWORK for EX-ANTE REGULATION of BIG TECH

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Congratulations, Shri Jayant Sinhaji

 

Context :

Proactive play. Big Tech staring at tough policing regime    /   BL   /  18 Dec 2022

Extract :

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance headed by Jayant Sinha is set to recommend stringent regulation of Systemically Important Digital Platforms (SIDP), which will need to comply with extra obligations and stricter compliances.

The objective of identifying and regulating SIDP is to ensure that digital markets are kept free and open and regulators can address the problems, if any, before market distortions take place. 

Once firms are identified as SIDP, they will be obligated to follow a code of conduct that will be binding with penal consequences on the lines of Digital Markets Act (DMA) of the EU.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) will be the enforcing authority for the new framework and it will frame regulations to identify SIDPs on market-facing criteria such as subscriber base, number of sellers and number of active users.

If this recommendation of Parliamentary Panel becomes law, GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook (now Meta) and Apple) — the big tech— will have to change their business models, sources said.

This recommendation to identify and regulate SIDPs will form part of a report on ‘Anti-competitive practices by Big Tech companies’ to be adopted by the Parliamentary Panel on Monday, sources said.

Ex-ante regulation

This Parliamentary Panel report among other things will recommend ex-ante regulation of Big Tech on the lines of the framework specified in the recently-enacted Digital Markets Act (DMA) of the European Union. The DMA came into force from November 1 this year, seven months after it was passed by the European Parliament in March.

The proposed ex-ante — ‘before the event’ regulatory framework — will supplement the ex-post — ‘after the event’ enforcement actions of CCI.

Having an ex-ante regulation will also open up possibilities for start-ups to compete on the merits of their products and services, without being disadvantaged or discriminated by gatekeeper platforms.

Big Tech under fire

 

The panel had identified ‘Anti-competitive practices by Big Tech’ as a subject for examination and report early this year. 

Unlike the present competition regulations that operate post-occurring of anti-competitive conduct, the ex-ante framework is expected to ensure timely and faster market corrections, obviating the need for lengthy investigations and inquiries marred by delays due to judicial challenge during the course of investigations.

 

MY  SUGGESTION  for  EX-ANTE  REGULATIONS :

 

Dear Shri Sinhaji,

Please consider implementing my following earlier suggestions on how to rein in the BIG TECH :

Ø Only Answer : a Statutory Warning………………………….. [ 10 Nov 2018 ]

 

Extract :

So, why not insist on some kind of a STATUTORY WARNING to online users visiting ANY web site and  “ consuming “ its “ Content / Service “ ?

How can this be implemented ?

Here is how  :

ALL websites wanting to operate in India must :

      Enter into a legally binding CONTRACT ( under proposed Data Protection Law ), with DATA PROTECTION REGULATOR – DPR, as suggested

 

      in  “  A  Matter  of  Motive  ?  “

 

Ø Prominently display this CONTRACT NUMBER on their home pages

 

Ø Carry on its home page , following STATUTORY WARNING

 

Ø Web sites which fail / refuse to enter into such CONTRACT , will be banned

 

 

 

With Regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  19 Dec 2022

 

                                             

 

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#   Nature of “ User Data “ that we will access from www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in

·         A visitor who has registered on

   www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in ,

can get the services of this web site by just entering on this web site :

#  Name  and  User ID  /  Password [ selected ]

#  His REGISTRATION NUMBER at 

   www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in  

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He / She does not need to provide any other personal data

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       A user logging into this web site would have deemed to have granted the necessary permission to this web site to contact 

      www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in and access his / her data , as per the multiple selections that he has made of the “ DATA  LEVELS “ detailed there, as follows :

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    #     Data   Level   3   ………………  Contact Info     

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    #     Data   Level   5  ……………….  Cultural Exposure Data  

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     www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in , 

and that the DPR has full authorization from each registered user to deal with this web site on his / her behalf

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This web site does NOT store on its servers, any USER DATA at any other time , nor

engage in any  MIRRORING – CLOUD STORAGE – CROSS BORDER MIGRATION of user data

          As soon as a user “ logs out “ from this site after a session, following things happen :

          #   Any user data accessed during the session is instantly deleted

          #   Entire log of the session is transferred to www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in 

 

 

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      Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]…………………..... [ 14 Feb 2019 ]

 

       SARAL ( Single  Authentic  Registration for Anywhere  Login )…[ 10 Feb 2019 ]

 

Nostradamus could have said ? 

 

Contract for the Web  

 

Internet Bill of Rights  

 

Tim Berners-Lee Speaks 

 

A Matter of Motive 

 

Privacy  For  Sale 

 

Right to Sell My Soul ?  

 

Trade  Off  :   Privacy  vs  LiveEasy  ?  

 

Data Privacy Law : a Pandora’s Box ? 

 

Wealth of Nations 

 

A Greed-Ship named Facebook

 

Time for the Next Step