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Just  Ask  Google  !

Dear Members of Srikrishna Committee ( on Data Protection Law ) :

It is safe to assume that all of you carry a GPS enabled smart phone and synced it with your E Mail / SMS

Most likely , you have also installed WhatsApp / Skype or FaceTime / Play Store / Weather App /  Google Map /  Street View /  Calendar / Clock / Calculator etc


Without doubt , your smart phone is installed with a Mobile Wallet App ( most likely, BHIM , linked with your Aadhar ID and your Bank Account )

You may have a UBER or OLA , taxi-hailing App , which would have captured every trip you undertook ( from WHERE to WHERE )

Now the agenda / date / time and venue of this meeting which you are attending right now was , without doubt , conveyed to you using some “ Messaging Service “ , over your phone

So , Google ( or Apple or Samsung ) knows , WHO you are , WHERE you are and WHAT you are discussing  right now – and with WHOM !

  

And if the Convener of the meeting ordered some food ( for serving after the meeting ) , using some APP on his smart phone , then Google also knows what you are eating !

And if the MINUTES of that meeting is sent for your OK over email , Google knows that as well  !

No doubt , each one of you, at some time or other , must have conducted a Google  Search by entering your own name in its search bar to know what Google knows about you

But those Search Results won’t tell you that Google also knows the following things about YOU :

·         Who I am ( name )

·         Where and when, I was born / who were my parents

·         Where I grew up / where I live currently

·         Do I live in a rented place or in an owned flat

·         What Schools / Colleges I attended ( - and degrees I acquired )

·         What Companies I worked for and salaries I got

·         How I travel to work ( own vehicle or public transport )

·         Where I go for my holidays / what books I read

·         Who I married and who are my children ( - and how many )

·         If divorced , how much alimony I pay and to whom

·         Where I invest my money ( Banks – Funds – Equity etc )

·         How much I have borrowed from whom and for how long

·         My Credit ranking  ( including my spending history / card wise – wallet wise )

·         What are my eating ( food ) preferences and the restaurants I visit

·         What I do for entertainment ( Music / Movies / Videos )

·         What clothes I wear and how often do I buy

·         Who are my friends and how often I phone / text them / meet them

·         What ailments I suffer from and what medicines I take

·         What minor offences ( traffic ) or crimes that I have committed

·         What elections I have contested ( won and lost )

·         Who are my doctors / lawyers / brokers / agents etc

·         What web sites I visit and how often and for how long

·         What do I search on the Net / What RSS feeds I subscribe to

·         What TV channels I watch and Radio Stations that I listen to

·         Every photo of mine ever taken ( selfie or otherwise )

·         Every phone call that I ever made or received

·         Every Email / Text message that I ever sent or received

·         Every blog / comment that I ever posted on the Web

·         Every face-to-face communication that I engaged in

Readers are requested to forward this to the following members of the Committee :

        Justice B N Srikrishna…………………………bnsrikrishna@gmail.com

·         Smt Aruna Sundarrajan………………………secy-dot@nic.in

·         Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey…………………. ceo@uidai.gov.in

·         Dr Ajay Kumar……………………………. ajay@deity.gov.in / akumar@del2.vsnl.net.in

·         Prof. Rajat Moona……………………………. moona@iitk.ac.in

·         Dr Gulshan Rai………………………………..  grai@deity.gov.in

·         Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan………………   director@iimidr.ac.in

·         Dr Arghya Sengupta………………………   arghya.sengupta@gmail.com

29  Nov  2017

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