Posted by Google News on January 23, 2018 08:09:56 In a case that has sparked debate on the use of personal data by tech companies, a couple in India has decided to turn their baby’s photos and video onto the internet.
A court in the southern Indian state of Kerala has ordered the parents to turn over the child’s personal data to the IT firm Infosys, which has agreed to help them with the task.
In February 2017, Infosy, which is based in Bangalore, India, made a $5.7 million (around Rs 2,600 crore) acquisition of the company.
Infosyp, the parent company of Snapdeal, a popular online grocery platform, said it would give the parents access to the data within a month.
The Indian court order was issued by a special bench of three judges in the special administrative region (SA) of Karnataka.
The parents, identified as the wife and husband in the order, were initially granted permission to keep the images on their smartphones and video on their tablets.
However, the court found that the data should be turned over within six months and gave the parents the right to keep all of the data for a year.
The mother’s and husband’s lawyer told Reuters news agency that the court was not satisfied with the couple’s claim that they were entitled to the images.
The court did not explain the reasoning behind the ruling, which the couple did not immediately respond to.
The father of the child is not being named for fear of jeopardising the relationship between the parents.
“I think the law is clear that data can be shared, but only for legitimate purposes,” said Pradeep K. Dutta, an attorney who represents the parents in the case.
“It’s a matter of personal freedom.”
The mother, identified only as Ritu, said the court’s order was “completely ridiculous”.
“We are not using it to harass people,” she told Reuters.
“We did not even know that we were being recorded.
We are just trying to protect our children.”
The father, identified by the pseudonym Arvind, told Reuters that the family had no problem with the data being handed over.
“The law says that you cannot do anything to your baby and that’s what we are doing,” he said.
The case, which was first reported by The Hindu newspaper in December 2017, was highlighted in a 2015 report by the International Telecommunication Union, which advises governments on issues relating to technology. “
As long as the baby is safe and is not in danger, we will keep the pictures on the phone.”
The case, which was first reported by The Hindu newspaper in December 2017, was highlighted in a 2015 report by the International Telecommunication Union, which advises governments on issues relating to technology.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) described the data sharing ruling as a “dangerous precedent”.
The UN said it was “deeply concerned” about the case and called on the government of Kerala to ensure that all data sharing arrangements are strictly legal.
