Given the debate over the contentious nature of Airtel’s updated privacy policy, we thought it would be a good time to analyse the privacy policies of the four major telecom service providers.
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We analysed the privacy policies in the context of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, while also drawing on the Puttaswamy judgement of the Supreme Court as well as the terms of the Unified Access License agreement signed by these TSPs.
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Despite its recent revision, Airtel's privacy policy still contained significant issues:
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Jio’s privacy policy too contained multiple issues:
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The newly established Vi also has serious issues in its privacy policy:
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BSNL’s privacy policy seems to be the most archaic, and is thus in need of serious revision:
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Thus, TSP privacy policies do not seem to provide safeguards to secure the security and privacy of users, encapsulating not only the very pressing need for a robust data protection legislation but also the necessity of strong regulation of TSPs with respect to data processing
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We would like to thank all the people and organisations who brought this to our notice. We hope that our analysis demonstrates our commitment to fight for your digital rights, and so we urge you to support us in this endeavour by donating to IFF.
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