While experts too feel that by announcing chip insertion in TV STBs (Set-Top-Box) is a poor idea, opposition led by Congress is attacking the government for intruding into the privacy of the people.
The government has recently announced a proposal to install a chip in television set-top boxes to ascertain viewership data, but Congress is dubbing the move a serious breach of privacy and the “next stage of surveillance”.
Congress communications Chief Randeep Singh Surjewala referred to the Modi government as a “surveillance sarkar” which had shattered the right to privacy to pieces.
As per a senior I&B official, the move was aimed at getting “more authentic” viewership figures for every channel. He added, “This would help advertisers and DAVP to spend their advertising expenditure wise.”
Pavan Duggal, the nation's leading cyber law expert, said: "There are lot of other ways of knowing how people view television, but installing a chip on set-top boxes would amount to violation of right to privacy -- both personal and data privacy -- which has been declared as a fundamental right by the Supreme Court of India. Such a chip can be used to monitor variety of other behaviours. This is especially important in view of the fact that a lot of people now-a-days use smart TVs. The chip may even reveal the browsing habits and personal preferences of such users."
Source: http://cablequest.org/index.php/news/national-news/item/12776-opposition-call-govt-as-%E2%80%98surveillance-sarkar%E2%80%99-for-dth-chip-announcement-experts-too-not-happy
Congress communications Chief Randeep Singh Surjewala referred to the Modi government as a “surveillance sarkar” which had shattered the right to privacy to pieces.
As per a senior I&B official, the move was aimed at getting “more authentic” viewership figures for every channel. He added, “This would help advertisers and DAVP to spend their advertising expenditure wise.”
Pavan Duggal, the nation's leading cyber law expert, said: "There are lot of other ways of knowing how people view television, but installing a chip on set-top boxes would amount to violation of right to privacy -- both personal and data privacy -- which has been declared as a fundamental right by the Supreme Court of India. Such a chip can be used to monitor variety of other behaviours. This is especially important in view of the fact that a lot of people now-a-days use smart TVs. The chip may even reveal the browsing habits and personal preferences of such users."
Source: http://cablequest.org/index.php/news/national-news/item/12776-opposition-call-govt-as-%E2%80%98surveillance-sarkar%E2%80%99-for-dth-chip-announcement-experts-too-not-happy
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