[Marxistindia] Stop Data Breacn & Violation of Privacy

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March 24, 2017

Press Statement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

Stop Data Breach & Violation of Privacy

The exposure of how a UK firm, Cambridge Analytics has been accessing
Facebook data for use to influence voters shows how democracy is at risk
from parties that have money and can use big data to influence elections.
It has also been revealed that there is an Indian link with a company
associated with Cambridge Analytics conducting such operations in India.

The IT Minister Shri Ravishankar Prasad’s statement about the data breach
in Facebook is hypocritical in the absence of the government creating a
legal structure on privacy and data protection of citizens. Without such a
law MNCs like Google and Facebook have no obligation to protect our data
prevent its misuse.

It is also a matter of concern that the Election Commission has proposed
to tie-up with Google and currently uses Facebook for its messaging. This
helps them to harness data for other purposes including outsourcing them
for influencing elections for parties and individuals with money power.

There must be an enquiry into how such operations have been conducted in
India by the concerned companies and what services were rendered to their
clients.

The government must immediately frame necessary legal measures to protect
the privacy and data of its citizens.






(Hari Singh Kang)
For Central Committee Office





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