Next, @smithakprasad argues that there are gaps between that the report says would be ideal and what the draft Bill actually delivers: scroll.in/article/888365…
"The Bill broadly does a good job in moving the debate forward on issues of data protection and privacy," writes @VrindaBhandari, "however, the Bill, fails to deal with the issue of surveillance." thequint.com/voices/opinion…
"These recommendations and the Data Protection Bill appear to be the products of an uneasy compromise rather than a clear commitment to protection of individual rights," - @apargupta84hindustantimes.com/opinion/draft-…
"While there can be other limited grounds for processing, the most disappointing feature of this draft bill is the carte blanche it gives to the state." - @ambersinha07livemint.com/Opinion/zY8NPW…
"The report appears to be a massive patchwork of laws collated from across the world adopted for Indian conditions. Devoid of new ideas, it has lax and lenient clauses and is a missed opportunity of creating a path-breaking law." - @rajeevdubeybusinesstoday.in/opinion/busine…
Mint edit: "Regulation comes with a competitive and potentially economic cost. The report blithely dismisses the cost. This is facile." livemint.com/Opinion/JDMxjl…
Arghya Sengupta, of Vidhi and the Srikrishna panel: "Critics view local storage as a fig leaf for surveillance. This is ill-conceived fear mongering. Local storage of data does not mean a giant honeypot allowing the state to play big brother." blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-edit-page/…
"The draft bill & report propose a new system of offline verification, only proving how broken Aadhaar really is. We have not been told what this system of offline verification will be, nor why it is necessary, nor what purpose it will serve," - @praavitathewire.in/law/can-the-aa…
"Individual rights need protection from both the state and private digital players. The draft bill rightly recognises one dangerous actor but seems to have forgotten about the other." - @M_Khosla & @ananth1148theprint.in/opinion/draft-…
Early Tuesday morning, a team of Pune police raided the houses of activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira in Mumbai and also the home and office of activist Stan Swamy, 83, in Ranchi, among others.
On January 1, 2018 clashes broke out in and around Bhima Koregaon, the site of an annual Dalit gathering. Dalits claimed they had been attacked by people with saffron flags, while Marathas claimed they had been attacked by Dalits. scroll.in/article/863605…
Despite witnesses pointing to Hindutva leaders as being responsible for some of the violence, Pune police focused investigation on social activists working with Dalits, Adivasis and political prisoners. scroll.in/article/881849…