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

[@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.

[@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.

[@shubhankartiwari9827]

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

[@mdnaziralam4124]

good explained by Anjali bhardwaj

[@munnagariya6182]

I loved it,because it was clear@needy debate for us...thank u rstv.

[@mayankjha5023]

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

[@pravinnichit3426]

One of the bests of rstv! Surely!!

[@saikatmkrish4102]

Learning to speak English from this😌

[@skypath4144]

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

[@pranitasahoo769]

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

[@informal2928]

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

[@PRChoudhary1994]

great debate for ias aspirant

[@pammasinghkainth]

best tv show for civil services

[@nikhilkayathwal7270]

Yo brother...

[@anamikadutt2952]

Piyush Singh has made it more confusing !!!

[@akshaynair910]

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

[@dhirajbankar1094]

nice one.
tnx rs tv

[@donbuddha8341]

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

[@gautam161291]

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.

[@rohitdarake]

ms bhardwaj's concerns are very important for transparency

[@tariqpetariq4250]

Good discussion

[@user-ib8op2cx2v]

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

[@suzimanipur2983]

Good night !!!!!!!

[@JyotiKumari-vg8op]

Finally it uploaded..

[@Epicurean999]

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

[@ShaliniSingh-em3qs]

Prachi Patil by 07:10 - 07:20 pm.(Monday to Friday).

[@Epicurean999]

Shalini Singh -thanks mate😇🙏

[@ShaliniSingh-em3qs]

Prachi Patil :)

[@user-en4nn4ot7u]

Thanks..a lot...rajya sabha
Tv

[@Infipark]

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

[@worldtour9247]

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

[@lazyloser7315]

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

[@filmyowl]

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.

[@nicholaskhupsian8529]

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

[@truemusician2127]

v good

[@kumarrakesh5694]

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

[@jaihind116]

Welcome aspirants.

[@psstudy8815]

thank you

[@user-en4nn4ot7u]

I hv a suggestions..keep debate...relevant more abouts upsc perspective...all-over is gud..
More need to be done....thanks....

[@hrishikeshvetal4984]

Are Bhaiya ye womenia Bahuti jyada bolati hai

[@APKR145]

Happy for 33% of women participation
Unhappy for not closing the back live tv view of very left pannel speaker

[@prashantmittal7068]

The woman looks like anti-aadhaar