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#TechTodayCongress | Rajya Sabha MP @priyankac19, Lok Sabha MP @Tejasvi_Surya, former MP @rajeevgowda share insights on data privacy, next-gen security tools & governance in conversation with #BTTV's @szarabi
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@priyankac19 @Tejasvi_Surya @rajeevgowda @szarabi @SRM_Univ @MediaTekIndia #TechTodayCongress | Former MP @rajeevgowda talks about the need for Digital Data Privacy Protection Bill and cites the recent example of how a viral picture of wrestlers smiling after arrest during the ongoing wrestlers protest was a deep fake

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#TechTodayCongress | MP @priyankac19 says, "We have to be very clear about who owns the data. Personal data of course belongs to me but non-personal data belongs to my nation."

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#TechTodayCongress | "Right now we are sitting on data that is vey rich, very diverse and every company is looking at it to monetise it. So we need to have processes in place," MP @priyankac19 tells @szarabi

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#TechTodayCongress | MP @priyankac19 slams the government for delaying Data Protection Bill citing national security reasons. "You are interfering in personal spaces... We should look at it from a non-political perspective," added Priyanka

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#TechTodayCongress | MP @Tejasvi_Surya summarizes the draft of data protection bill in four points:
1. Give primacy to the individual, his right to privacy 2. Allow space for new start-ups and think tanks to process data lawfully
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#TechTodayCongress | @rajeevgowda asks, "A lot of misinformation emerges from government-related sources. Who will regulate them if it's not a neutral fact-checking entity?"

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#TechTodayCongress | Talking about accountability from foreign platforms, @priyankac19 says, "Unfortunately, what we're seeing right now is very selective accountability coming from these foreign platforms. Let's take away the safe harbour from them."

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#TechTodayCongress | MP @Tejasvi_Surya talks about the Data Protection Bill being in the works. He says, "The govt has deliberated extensively. The new bill which will address most of the concerns is going to be presented in the Parliament very shortly."

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#TechTodayCongress | @priyankac19 says, "What the Centre is proposing is a national regulatory framework (on data privacy), we are insisting on state regulatory framework."

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#TechTodayCongress | In response to @priyankac19, @Tejasvi_Surya says that Opposition makes it a political issue even when a lot of flexibility is there and much is left to subordinate legislation

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#TechTodayCongress | During the discussion on data privacy, @szarabi asks if there should be financial deterrents to achieve compliance and reduce the fear of the govt being a 'Big Brother'

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#TechTodayCongress | @rajeevgowda says, "The kind of companies we are talking about will fall into line only if there are large fines. But what will this do to startups and other companies that aren't so deep-pocketed?"

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#TechTodayCongress | "The approach is not to criminalise or penalise non-compliance," says MP @Tejasvi_Surya. Even in the present edition of the Data Protection Bill, he adds that for #startups, there is light touch regulation but for bigger players, the scale of burden is higher… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…