The Big Picture: Personal Data & RTI

Today too we will continue our series on the Srikrishna Committee report on Data protection. The draft for the personal data protection law proposes exemption of personal information from disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, which can cause harm to the person concerned. The report, prepared by a 10-member committee set up last year under the chairmanship of the retired Supreme Court judge, Justice BN Srikrishna, said the data protection law is designed to limit the processing of personal data to legitimate reasons where the flow of information is beneficial and respects autonomy of the data principal. The report which was submitted to the government last week has proposed amendments to the Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act which mentions exemptions from the disclosures under the Act. The report noted that nothing contained in the data protection bill will apply to the disclosure under Section 8(1)(j) section. This is to prevent privacy from becoming a stonewalling tactic to hinder transparency. On this edition of ‘The Big Picture’ we take a closer look at Personal Data and RTI?

Guests:

Anjali Bhardwaj, Co-convener, National Campaign for Peoples' Right to Information

Yashovardhan Azad, Information Commissioner

Piyush Singh, Advocate, Supreme Court

Anchor: Frank Rausan Pereira

[RevolutionaryTeachers]

That was really a very good informative discussion for a common man like us.
Balanced views on an issue from all the experts.Thank you very much RSTV for the awesome work that you guys are doing.

[AdirajNigam]

good to see Piyush Singh. He is always calm, unbiased and has a balanced approach to queries. We need more of such young legal eagles.

[shubhankartiwari]

one of the best debates. filled with great insight. thanks to all the panel members and rstv.

[skypath]

Good debate, I never expect this type matter would be come ....RTI VS PERSONAL DATA..

[mayankjha]

An awesome debate, most liked by me till date. Bhardwaj mam, ur points were all true, undeniable.noted down all your points. All credits for this debate goes t you mam, , , too good

[anamikadutt]

Piyush Singh has made it more confusing !!!

[informal]

Well it was inevitable need to balance adhaar, personal data vs rti . Transparency vs Privacy moot issue ...Grt frank 👌👍🙏

[donbuddha]

dichotomy :
1) the govt can process private data for public necessity, on such data you don't have privacy claims

2)on the other hand, you cannot get access to govt processed personal data, because the govt(public info authority) says it is personal

So it's neither public or private

[pranitasahoo]

It's really very informative debate..
All the panelists are good knowledge on the topic.

[gautam]

This discussion created more confusion about definitions of public interest, personal data, likely harm etc. and no solutions was given except balancing is needed.
I think that the discretion is inevitable if balance is needed.Everything cannot be written in white and black and cant be seen in binary.

[ibopcxv]

Anjali Bharadwajs concerns are warranted, certainly something fishy about the bill.

[akshaynair]

Aspirants take this as one of your daily habits not something which us being done for the sake of upsc

Attitude changes matter a lot these days

Thank you

[rohitdarake]

ms bhardwaj's concerns are very important for transparency

[Epicurean]

Greetings fellow aspirants✌ Usually at time its regularly uploaded on youtube?

[Infipark]

why frank giving more time to Anjali whereas other people are also sitting.

[nicholaskhupsian]

"The information outwwights public interest" thats where u draw the line, unlwss u want your dirty linen to hide behind rhe gard of "privacy"

[worldtour]

i dont grab what they were said, can any body help me.

[Humsaaz]

Anjali Bhardwaj is just mixing things up and creating confusion, it is already enshrined in the new bill that it won't be applied to 8(1) J of the RTI act.

[lazyloser]

piyush singh basically made this more confusing...god knows what is his point

[kumarrakesh]

Can I RTI someone else Date of birth in govt organization ?