Know why the dispute arises over the data protection bill?
Monday - December 30, 2019 2:24 pm ,
Category : WTN SPECIAL
Now users' data to be even more secure than before
Modi government bringing a 'strict' law to prevent misuse of data
DEC 30 (WTN) - The Modi government, which won an absolute majority in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after 2014, is making big decisions continuously in its second term. Be it the abrogation of Article 370 from the state of Jammu and Kashmir or the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Modi government has shown in the first 6 months that this time very big and tough decisions will be taken by the government. In this context, the Modi government is going to make a big law for the privacy of the Internet and mobile phone users, but the controversy and protest have already started regarding this law. What is the whole matter? Let us tell you in detail.
For your information, let us know that for all types of social media websites and other websites that work in India, the Modi government is going to implement some strict rules. The reason behind the implementation of these rules is that the Modi government argues that this will strengthen the privacy of users even more than before. In fact, many international websites have objected to the data protection bill being brought by the Modi government. A website famous for giving information 'Wikipedia' has expressed concern about these rules of the Modi government and has written a letter to the Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, trying to explain that this system will completely be destroyed by the new policy of the Central Government.
For your information, let us know in a letter written by the Wikimedia Foundation that runs Wikipedia, “The changes being made by the Government of India in the Liability Rules are a matter of concern. Through this, users based websites will be controlled and doing so will affect the content.” Indeed, concerned with the new law of the Modi government, Wikipedia has written, “The possible changes in the rules will have a direct impact on Wikipedia because our model is completely open. We completely follow the rule of free expression on the Internet and users create our content. In such a situation, if the content of users is banned, then this model will completely be destroyed.”
For your information, let us know that many other websites including Wikipedia have also questioned the data protection bill being brought by the Modi government. These websites fear that if this bill becomes law, it could give a big shock to the mission of free information in India. At the same time, these websites argue that it will also be difficult to establish a new definition of social media intermediaries, which is mentioned in the Data Protection Bill 2019 (section 26).
Now you may be wondering what the data protection bill at all is and why there is so much controversy. So then for your information, let us tell you the purpose of this bill being brought by the central government is to prevent a data breach. As you know, a few days ago, there was an incident of spying of WhatsApp data of some famous people in India, after which the opposition parties targeted the government fiercely. After this incident, the government is going to bring the data protection bill. The government claims that with this new law one will stop data breach incidents while some restrictions will be imposed on many companies/websites including social media sites.
As we said, this bill is being increasingly opposed, but bypassing these protests, the Central Government argues that this bill has been prepared only after extensive deliberations in the country. Under this bill, it will be necessary to get the approval of the users before using any kind of personal data. At the same time, government approval will be required for biometric data. Not only this, but strict protection has also been taken in this law to protect the privacy of children. Under this law, all companies will have to share all their data with the government.
Not only this, local storage of data has been emphasized in this law. The government has made a rule in this law that sensitive data of Indians will have to be stored in India and only a limited amount of data can be stored abroad. At the same time, in this law, the government has been given the right to inquire about confidential private data and non-private data from all foreign companies including Facebook and Google. At the same time, under the new law, social media companies will have to develop a verification process that will be voluntary for users, but this will reduce the possibility of using social media by hiding the identity of the user.
On the other hand, if any user's personal data is breached from any company, then the law of strictness on private companies has been said in this law. But these laws allow government agencies to be allowed to process their data without the consent of the data owner in matters related to credit score, debt recovery, and security. Under the new law, the government will have the right to exempt any government agency from the scope of the provisions of the proposed law.
DEC 30 (WTN) - The Modi government, which won an absolute majority in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after 2014, is making big decisions continuously in its second term. Be it the abrogation of Article 370 from the state of Jammu and Kashmir or the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Modi government has shown in the first 6 months that this time very big and tough decisions will be taken by the government. In this context, the Modi government is going to make a big law for the privacy of the Internet and mobile phone users, but the controversy and protest have already started regarding this law. What is the whole matter? Let us tell you in detail.
For your information, let us know that for all types of social media websites and other websites that work in India, the Modi government is going to implement some strict rules. The reason behind the implementation of these rules is that the Modi government argues that this will strengthen the privacy of users even more than before. In fact, many international websites have objected to the data protection bill being brought by the Modi government. A website famous for giving information 'Wikipedia' has expressed concern about these rules of the Modi government and has written a letter to the Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, trying to explain that this system will completely be destroyed by the new policy of the Central Government.
For your information, let us know in a letter written by the Wikimedia Foundation that runs Wikipedia, “The changes being made by the Government of India in the Liability Rules are a matter of concern. Through this, users based websites will be controlled and doing so will affect the content.” Indeed, concerned with the new law of the Modi government, Wikipedia has written, “The possible changes in the rules will have a direct impact on Wikipedia because our model is completely open. We completely follow the rule of free expression on the Internet and users create our content. In such a situation, if the content of users is banned, then this model will completely be destroyed.”
For your information, let us know that many other websites including Wikipedia have also questioned the data protection bill being brought by the Modi government. These websites fear that if this bill becomes law, it could give a big shock to the mission of free information in India. At the same time, these websites argue that it will also be difficult to establish a new definition of social media intermediaries, which is mentioned in the Data Protection Bill 2019 (section 26).
Now you may be wondering what the data protection bill at all is and why there is so much controversy. So then for your information, let us tell you the purpose of this bill being brought by the central government is to prevent a data breach. As you know, a few days ago, there was an incident of spying of WhatsApp data of some famous people in India, after which the opposition parties targeted the government fiercely. After this incident, the government is going to bring the data protection bill. The government claims that with this new law one will stop data breach incidents while some restrictions will be imposed on many companies/websites including social media sites.
As we said, this bill is being increasingly opposed, but bypassing these protests, the Central Government argues that this bill has been prepared only after extensive deliberations in the country. Under this bill, it will be necessary to get the approval of the users before using any kind of personal data. At the same time, government approval will be required for biometric data. Not only this, but strict protection has also been taken in this law to protect the privacy of children. Under this law, all companies will have to share all their data with the government.
Not only this, local storage of data has been emphasized in this law. The government has made a rule in this law that sensitive data of Indians will have to be stored in India and only a limited amount of data can be stored abroad. At the same time, in this law, the government has been given the right to inquire about confidential private data and non-private data from all foreign companies including Facebook and Google. At the same time, under the new law, social media companies will have to develop a verification process that will be voluntary for users, but this will reduce the possibility of using social media by hiding the identity of the user.
On the other hand, if any user's personal data is breached from any company, then the law of strictness on private companies has been said in this law. But these laws allow government agencies to be allowed to process their data without the consent of the data owner in matters related to credit score, debt recovery, and security. Under the new law, the government will have the right to exempt any government agency from the scope of the provisions of the proposed law.
