Don’t give out your cell phone number unnecessarily..!?
Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajiv Chandrasekhar has advised retailers not to give out their personal cell phone numbers unless they have a good reason. Public health activist Dinesh S. Thakur tweeted how he asked for his mobile number while buying gum at Delhi airport. In response to this tweet, Union Foreign Minister Rajiv Chandrasekhar tweeted advice.
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In a tweet public health activist Dinesh S. Thakur shared that he had an interesting experience at Delhi airport today. He decided to go to a bookstore to buy a pack of gum and when he went to pay the bill they asked for his phone number. When he asked for his phone number to buy a pack of gum, it said “for security reasons.” He woke up with no answer when asking for security reasons to buy a pack of gum. Immediately the manager came and asked him how he could have passed two security checks if he was a security risk. Dinesh S. Thakur shared in his tweet that he came without buying anything. And many passengers give their personal cell phone number without asking any questions. What is he missing here? How can we be so ignorant and careless? In response to Thakur’s tweet, Union Secretary of State Rajiv Chandrasekhar said you should not give your cell phone number to a retailer unless there is a legitimate reason to do so. Under the DPDP law, abuse of wallet PLATFORM’ target=”_blank” title=”digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW”>digital personal data of Indians will be stopped. wallet PLATFORM’ target=”_blank” title=”digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW”>digital PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL, 2022 A fine of up to 500 million rupees is envisaged in the event of theft personal data. This means that companies that collect personal data from individuals can be fined up to INR 500 crore if they do not have adequate security structures in place and risk data theft.
