The pluses and minuses of the Personal Data Protection Bill 2009 . It is past midnight and you are sleeping soundly. Suddenly, an SMS beeps in. It turns out to be a message from a hotel, which you have never been to in your life, giving away a free one-night st ay. Annoyed, you go back to bed. But you toss and turn. You can't get back to sleep and get even more irritated. Many of us have experienced similar incidents with these unsolicited phone calls, SMSes and e-mail messages. And many have also noticed that these nuisance calls or messages are almost always after they had divulged their personal contact information. It could have been a warranty card you filled up, or you handed over your business card to participate in a "lucky draw" somewhere, or you had just subscribed to some service. In any case, someone either sold your contact information or is misusing it. At the very least, such misuse means you are inconvenienced or irritated by sales pitches. But more worr...