Yet another death!? Death of privacy: 'Agencies can snoop on personal data for national security: Personal Data Protection Bill'

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Sukla Sen

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Dec 11, 2019, 8:41:33 AM12/11/19
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[The "secular" "democratic" India is being doggedly denuded of all vestiges of substantive democracy and pluralism.

Is it already too late?

《The government proposes to arm its investigating agencies with powers to snoop and carry out surveillance on personal data if doing so is necessary to ensure sovereignty and integrity of the country, security of the state, maintenance of public order, and having friendly relations with countries.
The provision – which some analysts described as “blanket surveillance” – finds a place in the Personal Data Protection Bill, and is a departure from the draft bill prepared by the Justice BN Srikrishna committee that was tasked with creating the architecture of India’s much-awaited personal data protection legislation.》]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/agencies-can-snoop-on-personal-data-for-national-security-personal-data-protection-bill/articleshow/72465121.cms?fbclid=IwAR03G00N9dWC3TbucAYy8H9VFwVmJRn6SF2sEG9YJBLvtAOAFCVniICO2Nk

Agencies can snoop on personal data for national security: Personal Data Protection Bill

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