Does India's incoming data protection law actually protect you on social media?
Not really. We need to cover all kinds of data (not just personal) and we definitely need stronger data protection regulations. #PrivacyOfThePeople
Full story: internetfreedom.in/privacyofthepe… (1/n)
Not really. We need to cover all kinds of data (not just personal) and we definitely need stronger data protection regulations. #PrivacyOfThePeople
Full story: internetfreedom.in/privacyofthepe… (1/n)
You generate an enormous amount of data merely by engaging with social media. Platforms track every click! And in the absence of data protection regulation, your data may most likely end up with anyone — from a researcher to an advertiser to a foreign intelligence agency. (2/n)
Although the incoming data law is a step in the right direction, rights-based data protection means that users are given certain essential rights against data fiduciaries.
As it stands, your rights to be forgotten, correction, erasure, & data portability can all be denied! (3/n)
As it stands, your rights to be forgotten, correction, erasure, & data portability can all be denied! (3/n)
Even though the #DataProtectionBill is a start, it can be much better. Here's how:
a. Making it clear that only YOU own your data. Current ambiguities in the bill have great potential for misuse. (4/n)
a. Making it clear that only YOU own your data. Current ambiguities in the bill have great potential for misuse. (4/n)
b. Protect non-personal & anonymized data! Nobody is truly anonymous on the internet, & the government can use S.91 of the bill to get access to such data.
c. As it stands, the govt. doesn't need a reason to ask for your data. Make these requests transparent + accountable! (5/n)
c. As it stands, the govt. doesn't need a reason to ask for your data. Make these requests transparent + accountable! (5/n)
d. Remember how your requests to exercise your digital rights — to be forgotten, and of correction, erasure, and data portability, can be denied by platforms?
There's no real way to contest these super important decisions, and this needs to change! (6/n)
There's no real way to contest these super important decisions, and this needs to change! (6/n)
How can we make it better?
1. Make a user's right to privacy the central tenet, and the interests of platforms can be addressed through limited exceptions.
2. Scrap voluntary verification by users. This will allow platforms to commercialise your sensitive & personal data! (7/n)
1. Make a user's right to privacy the central tenet, and the interests of platforms can be addressed through limited exceptions.
2. Scrap voluntary verification by users. This will allow platforms to commercialise your sensitive & personal data! (7/n)
3. Shift the focus onto the protection of our digital rights, and ensure that we have strong mechanisms around anonymized and non-personal data.
4. Minimise data collection! Platforms should only collect the data they need, and WITHOUT compromising our basic privacy. (8/n)
4. Minimise data collection! Platforms should only collect the data they need, and WITHOUT compromising our basic privacy. (8/n)
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