Data Confidentiality in Public Contracts: Why Typical 'What Me Worry' Attitudes May Not Really Be an Acceptable Position for Government Contracting Professionals Anymore
The 8th International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC) , Arusha, Tanzania [August 2018]
11 Pages Posted: 10 Apr 2018 Last revised: 20 Apr 2018
Date Written: April 6, 2018
Abstract
This short law paper looks at the fast-evolving need for data protection, data confidentiality and data privacy in government contracts and licenses, especially when secret or citizen data available with the Government gets shared with private contractors providing goods and public services during the process of outsourcing. Depending upon the importance and sensitivity of the data being shared, using examples for major public projects in India, the paper argues why government contracting officials may now perhaps be left with no option but to keep themselves updated with the correct and up-to-date legal position on data protection while drafting requests for proposals (RfPs) and progressing public contracts; and to the extent that they may have influence over law- and public policy-making, work even harder to the extent of potentially suggesting and navigating improvements to the governing law and overall design of a public project itself.
Keywords: India, Public Procurement, Data Confidentiality, Government Contracts, Privacy, Data Protection
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