-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The information technology ministry does not appear to be in favour of linking Aadhaar with social media accounts as the measure has the potential to clash with earlier court judgments on Privacy and use of the biometric identification card, top officials in the ministry said. The officials, requesting anonymity, said that the measure has to be carefully thought out before any decision to allow any linkage...
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RTI query: Are chief ministers drawing MP pension? Lok Sabha office says information is personal -Vishal Narayan
-The Telegraph An MP loses his entitlement to pension and perks if he is appointed the President, Vice-President or is re-elected to either House or gets employed in the government New Delhi: An RTI query seeking details on allowances and pensions to former MPs who are chief ministers has resulted in a strange reply. The information, the Lok Sabha secretariat has informed, was "personal", so details would not be shared. According to the...
More »The seduction of data sovereignty in India -Nayantara Ranganathan
-Hindustan Times It threatens individual sovereignty, undermines citizen rights, and is a lost chance to meaningfully grapple with data colonisation Data is a sovereign asset,” said the Union minister of railways and commerce, Piyush Goyal, at the G20 meeting in Japan. Goyal was against using free trade agreements to justify the free flow of data. Instead, he said, government restrictions on data flows would allow India to be able to use “personal,...
More »Linking Aadhaar to social media: SC to hear Facebook plea
-The Indian Express The question is if linking social media to Aadhaar is breach of Privacy. Upholding Aadhaar earlier, the SC had disallowed its use by private firms, stating it was contrary to right to Privacy New Delhi: Underscoring the need to strike a balance between Privacy and security, the Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea by Facebook to transfer to the apex court four petitions filed in the...
More »Lessons by Shamnad Basheer -Nandini Khaitan
-The Indian Express How an affable, erudite professor influenced everyone around him. The first time I met Shamnad Basheer was at a patent conference in Mumbai in 2007. He was wearing a light-blue linen suit (always ahead of the curve, be it law or fashion), looking more a GQ model than a professor who had helped organise a first-of-its-kind patent conference in India. There was also an exhibition moot court to...
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