The Indian Telecom regulator TRAI has issued a consultation paper on data protection, even as the Ministry of Electronics and IT has set up its own committee. Going through the paper, there appears to be little correlation between the title of the paper and the content of the paper. While the paper is titled "Privacy, Security and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector", the paper, and indeed the questions asked by the regulator, also take into account the usage of data by apps, operating systems and online platforms including the permissions taken by apps, cookies, device fingerprinting, collection of information on users from other users (something which Truecaller depends on). The paper relies on the Justice AP Shah report on Privacy, and looks into the role of data controllers, which is any organization that determines the purposes and means of processing the personal information of users: essentially, any app or service. It also considers the recommendations of the AP Shah report which suggested providing users notice of data usage, consent mechanisms, data collection limitations, disclosure, security and accountability, among others issues. Download the consultation paper here. Here are the questions for the consultation posed by the TRAI. We're segmenting them by sub-topics, but the question numbers are as mentioned in the paper: Personal Data, user rights and consent Q2. In light of recent advances in technology, what changes, if any, are recommended to the definition of personal data? Should the User’s consent be taken before sharing his/her personal…
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