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Jul 29, 2018 16 tweets 8 min read Read on X
Thread of Justice BN Srikrishna #dataprotection committee analysis:

Here's @Ujwala_U, saying the draft Bill puts digital economy ahead of individual’s rights over data scroll.in/article/888371…
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…
"While this bill marks a significant step towards the protection of data privacy in India, certain aspects of it are unsettling," says @ambaonadventure caravanmagazine.in/governance/gov…
"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," - @apargupta84 hindustantimes.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." - @ambersinha07 livemint.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." - @rajeevdubey businesstoday.in/opinion/busine…
Plus @sruthisagar explaining how the law enables a surveillance state scroll.in/article/888268…
And in case you need it, an explainer on the draft Bill itself scroll.in/article/888298…
And @ArshuJohn on the data localisation requirements in the draft Bill caravanmagazine.in/governance/gov…
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 report... calls for more powers to the UIDAI for stronger enforcement and penal levies. This suggests that the committee does not think that the UIDAI is a fiduciary." - @VrindaBhandari & @renukasane blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-commentary/…
"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," - @praavita thewire.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 & @ananth1148 theprint.in/opinion/draft-…
And @mleccha has responses to some of these pieces: pukhraj.me/2018/07/30/dec…

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