Born out of the SaveTheInternet.in movement for net neutrality, IFF works on a range of issues including net neutrality, free expression, privacy and innovation. Read more about IFF, it's legal work and campaigns.
Last year, we had received a complaint that the National Portal for Transgender Persons contained several vulnerabilities that could be exploited to access the sensitive personal data contained within. While some of these issues were addressed, certain concerns about the portal's security remain.
Read our representation to CBSE highlighting the concerns that come along with the use of facial recognition technology which they have put in place for accessing digital documents.
Today, the Delhi HC issued notice to the CPIOs of DeitY, MeitY, NeGD and NIC in a petition filed by RTI activist, Saurav Das, challenging denial of information relating to the creation of the Aarogya Setu app.
Given that the proposed health IDs are to be used in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, we thought we would create an explainer on the the Unique Health Identifier Rules, 2021. This explainer is our initial attempt at an analysis, through which we hope to start a public discussion on the issue.
IFF submitted its comments on the second version of the Draft Report by the Committee of Experts on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework and raised four main concerns that we felt needed to be addressed.
The new privacy policy confirms that Facebook may now have access to messages shared with businesses on WhatsApp and it provides more insight into expansive meta data collection by WhatsApp.