February 18, 2021
The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology Technology sent a letter to WhatsApp last month, interrogating changes the Facebook-owned messaging app had made to its privacy policy. MediaNama has obtained a copy of the letter under the RTI Act. “These changes enable WhatsApp, and other Facebook Companies, to make invasive and precise inferences about users which may not be reasonably foreseen or expected by users in the ordinary course of accessing these services,” MEITY said in the letter. “Whether this will enable better provision of services to users or not is besides the point, the issue is the impact it has on informational privacy, data security and user choice.”
Is one’s personal data safe from prying eyes? This question is of vital significance for a digitally active India, which is estimated to have over 80 crore smartphone users by 2022. In August 20
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Datacracy: Indian Prime Minister s data democracy must avoid the flaws of the country’s political system
Datacracy: Indian Prime Minister s data democracy must avoid the flaws of the country’s political system
India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing NASSCOM’s Technology and Leadership Forum (NTFL) 2021PMO
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi announced that the country’s “data has been democratised” with India’s new data laws expected to be tabled during the upcoming session of Parliament.
These new laws will dictate how your data is collected, stored, used and shared.
Business Insider India’s new campaign called ‘
Datacracy’ dives into how technology has the power to improve democracy or undermine it, depending on how it is used and who controls it.“Data has been democratised. Several government services are now being delivered online.The poor and middle class have not only benefited from the convenience, but also seen relief from corruption,” said
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