Syllabus: GS- II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Rights issues, Issue: Non-Personal Data
Significance of Non-Personal Data (NPD):
- NPD, devoid of personal identifiers, is seen as a potential public good.
- Leveraging advanced analytics and AI on NPD can yield valuable insights across sectors like meteorology, disaster management, infrastructure planning etc.
- NASSCOM projects data and AI will contribute $450-500 billion to GDP by 2025.
Concerns in use of NPD
- NPD lacks regulation in India, leading to unregulated reservoirs and limited guidance on dissemination, use, and exchange.
- Kris Gopalakrishnan committee(Committee on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework) highlighted issues like de-anonymization risk, central authority institutionalization, and data ownership and sharing mechanisms.
- Risks of privacy breaches and unfair advantages for Big Tech.
- Absence of standardized governance tools complicates NPD regulation and management.
The way ahead:
- Regulatory design for data exchanges can digitize public-welfare functions, reducing administrative burdens and promoting participatory civic functions.
- Formulate a blueprint to operationalize NPD principles, providing actionable pathways and frameworks for governance in data exchanges.
| +1 Advantage for mains( Best practices)
● Australia, the U.K., and Estonia have implemented data exchange frameworks in various sectors like housing, employment, and agriculture. ● Telangana’s agriculture data exchange and India Urban Data Exchange by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs demonstrate initial efforts in India. |
