Privacy and Platforms | Vishnu S Pillai

Описание: In this session, Vishnu S Pillai unpacks the growing privacy risks emerging from AI-powered digital platforms, using relatable examples from health and fitness applications. Through hypothetical but realistic scenarios, the talk explains how personal data shared with consent for one purpose can be repurposed, split over to non-users, or used to make sensitive inferences about mental health, pregnancy, or disease risk.

The discussion introduces three core privacy concerns in platform design: data retention (how long data is stored), data repurposing (use beyond original consent), and data spillover (impact on unaware third parties). Drawing on risk theory, public policy frameworks, and India’s data protection journey, the session explores how AI systems increase complexity and coupling, making accidents and harms more likely.

Vishnu also examines transparency, accountability, and risk-based regulation, highlighting why technology fixes alone are insufficient and why strong public policy, governance capacity, and safeguards are essential to protect users and bystanders alike in an AI-driven ecosystem.
This talk is essential viewing for policymakers, technologists, civil society actors, and anyone concerned with privacy, AI ethics, and platform accountability.


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