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Take consent in their own language

What this lesson is about

The speaker must know what the recording is for, who will hold it, and how to take it back.

You are at the weekly market with a phone and a Marathi form. A farmer agrees to talk. What comes before you press start?

Why this matters

The law here is plain. Consent must be freely given, informed, and limited to the purpose you named. The person may take it back at any time.

Take consent a speaker actually understood, and keep the record with the recording.

The law here is plain. Consent must be freely given, informed, and limited to the purpose you named. The person may take it back at any time.

The speaker must know what is recorded, what it is for, who holds it and how to stop it.
Consent in a language the speaker does not read is not consent.
Keep the consent record with the recording, not in a file that will be lost.

Task

You are recording Marathi speech from farmers at a weekly market.

Weak approach An English form is signed quickly, with nobody reading it out and no copy left behind.

Stronger approach In Marathi, read aloud: what is recorded, what it is for, who holds it, and how to stop it. A signed copy stays with the speaker.

Why the stronger approach works A signature on a form nobody explained is paperwork, not consent. The second rule decides this one.

Try a changed situation You are no longer recording voices. You are collecting handwritten essays from school students in Santali. What must the permission note do?

Make something yourself Write a consent form in the language you collect in. Add a short account of how you explained it to one speaker, and what they asked you.

Lesson 2 of 12 on Bharat-language data craftnextNotice who is missing from itPart 1 ends in a work sample you can send

Read the primary or official source: Ministry of Electronics and IT · Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023