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save the date for the d. w. global media form 2023 in bonn, germany and increasingly fragmented world with a growing number of voices, digitally amplified. we see where this clutter can lead what we really need, overcoming divisions into vision for tomorrow's journalism. save the date and join us for this discussion. at the 16th edition of d, w. c, global media forum. wherever we go, whatever we do, we leave behind data. when we talk on the phone, when we go shopping, when we commute to work, many governments want to use our data to boost efficiency. but where do we draw the line? when does the data collection go too far? and we risk living under a full blown surveillance state. big data analytics, a blessing hearse. that's our topic on shift. ah,

honestly, i can't imagine my life without the internet and my smartphone digitalization is all around us and makes our lives easier. and so many ways. but it's a double edged sword, or data can also be used to monitor us to a degree never seen before. the result is a world where anyone can be a target. this example out of highlight about india shows just how fast that can happen. this is indian activist as q masoud, he lives in one of the most highly surveilled cities in the world. in 2021. he was stopped in the streets of hyderabad by the police and they asked me to burn my fisma. so i asked, why did they have not given any explanation and they said it just remove your mouth . the police took a photo with his face,

but they wouldn't tell him what it would be used for this issue was to get in there. they will use me or do that with a home didn't she does forget in the classes the conduit does exercise in the wash videos that you get didn't lead hooligan pushing them. but the poor people, you to fear become this is masoud road to the police. but with met with a wall of silence. since then, he's been raising awareness of the potential dangers posed by facial recognition technology. i believe that building good up is of if we're taking photographs, this is about them using a phyllis of the st. masoud file to petition in court. he wants to know how his data is being used. masoud fears the state is systematically collecting data without the proper safeguards and data privacy experts confirm his suspicions or

police have digitized every aspect of policing. they are building databases and making profiles of everyone in the city. this excess replenishing is ready dog at their door, specified places where my slice come in and use net. people come for our people from low cost backgrounds or muslims when authorities abuse their power. it's often poor. people who suffer activists worldwide are fighting for institutions to respect the fundamental rights of all people, including in digital spaces in india, the internet freedom foundation is one group at the forefront dot ting with all of these things to butlins is that that is a lack of john students yesterday at actions, so we don't really know what they're doing. we know for the fact that it's stopping people and dickens portals you know for the fact that they have a lot of cctv camera. it's an obvious,

next step to teams that it is been use. it's a known fact that india's government is building a centralized facial recognition database. there are also databases and specific sectors including education and health care. one of the biggest concerns off in so as, as i do right now, is that a lot of these databases, levine, and interconnected, and that root result in extending surveillance. that means that's going to be problematic because they would conflate purposes for me to the specific data was collected and used initially wise, personally, i, his being collected, it has to be collected with a purpose in mind. and it has to be minimized in such a way that only the, the not necessary to achieve that purpose is collect data protection measures are crucial to safeguarding our privacy. but protecting our private life is becoming a more daunting task. after all, the more data can be interlinked,

the more valuable it is. that's the principle behind big data. to understand the power of big data, it helps to visualize the data you create day in and day out as a satellite image. each individual data point represents a single pixel, essentially useless on its own. only together do they reveal a bigger picture. just like satellite images show that storms are forming. your online search history will reveal who your friends are or which political views you hold. technology also allows us to comb through data and spot things that would otherwise have remained secret. for example, companies can know women are pregnant before they even tell their families by seeing that they buy products like pregnancy, vitamins, or calcium supplements. on a larger scale, big data can help governments anticipate and meet our needs as a society, for instance,

by predicting birth rates. they can plan for how many teachers will be needed in the future. that's why more and more governments are tapping into the pools of data that they have about their citizens in sectors, from health care to education. and that's why they're eager to collect more and more of it. india has greatly invested in his digital future in to 1000 just 5500000 people in india had internet access. that number is now more than 800000000 to govern the evolving digital space lawmakers are proposing the digital india act 2023. the aim is to regulate artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technologies like 5 d and cryptic currencies. a look into the smart city of hyderabad shows just how crucial it is to have such rules in place. hydra bond is considered one of the most surveilled cities in the world. as a smart city, we're probably will be, i would say, comfortable to believe better than most of the cities on a scale of say, 10,

i would say volume 3 or 4. and i thought, well, this it is there heard of many of the cities we still have language to blue marks. it is, is a big focus area for us as a company, a technology solutions that can help cities with improve the quality of life. researchers here analyze data, for example, to predict mosquito infestation or to better understand how rooftop coatings can help cool down buildings or to forecast when the air is cleanest. so that people with respiratory diseases can plan when they go outside. we work on water environment, pollution or transport, her health and safety. and when it comes to safety surveillance cameras play a key role in the city has a won't benefit those in cameras on the roads. today that system is being used for

the monitor remotely or to investigate a crime. and something happened to go back into whatever the researcher says, those same cameras can also be used to automatically detect suspicious behavior and alert police that some things wrong. this mutual powerful because the resource is not being used to payment current, it can be used and no they're talking about it. but how can we trust that governments are striking the right balance between harnessing the power of this data and ensuring people's privacy is protected. so it's little bit of a challenge. it is little bit of a challenge, but then like data belongs to the government, it's been the police. i won't be, but it's so much about this data. the end of the data can trust the government to keep it. if it was, can you craft government actually pose a great risk to the right that usually even they do not apply safeguards and principles. digitalization and data protection should go hand in hand. this small

european country is setting an example. estonia, we are trying to become what people call a ditch to live public. the model that we are following is something that has been implemented and mr. now estonia, the small nation on the northeastern edge of the european union, experienced several difficult years after regaining independence. in the early 1900 ninety's, but then it embraced a digital transformation like few others in the beginning of 2 thousands. that has been a steady progress time approach to build and digitalized, not just the government, but the sorts of scientific today. citizens can do almost everything online from renewing their passports to voting in elections. and now you can also apply for getting married online. well, you have to show up to actually say the commitments the application itself can be

done now, so digitally. but data protection rules in estonia are very different from those in india. in case of a sonia, because european union is already hasn't data protection law and place the following data to it. and data literacy gods in india, we don't have them. but there are only a few regions shown in black on this map where data is protected by regulations as rigid as those in the u. we have data protection laws adopted or updated in virtually all of the jurisdictions of the world. but then the situation on the ground is very different. that's why the digital personal data protection bill is crucial for india. these topics have long been discussed like how to prevent data breaches or how to ensure only authorized parties or accessing people's data. experts are concerned about exemption supposedly meant to serve national security purposes. but there is wide consensus better law is necessary. the supreme court

said that i to privacy follows from the fundamental right to life in the indian constitution. oh i was since then that has been no law which would actually effectuated the light. so they have gone to no data protection line. and yeah, there is no seeing how the government is collecting and processing on the data that they are collecting from the system. that's why eskew must suit, has decided to fight back. he's demanding his data be deleted. i'm trying to predict my privacy and a lot of people who can't come on inclusion. so i want to take their devices to the student. must sued, wants to set the precedent for better data protection in india, my suitcase is important to push back 20 important to tell the police that not everything is going to be treated. okay. whatever bad going

activists say the authorities are building a massive surveillance apparatus that building is the new commandment control center for hives about police. this is read. you david, have access to all the ccb diamond us in the city. any data that people are collecting the police are collecting on the street are stored. it makes me ready. i mean, it makes them pass him out of the store big for me. it's as if to me, i live in all science fiction will re read. the state has got too much power and it's gone simply after you this is elise asian can mean both progress and surveillance. what's your take? are we living in some sy, fi dystopian, or is all private data secure? let us know what you think. see you next time. ah.

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