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transparency

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for December 2021

Since our last report for the month of November, IFF has filed 21 RTI requests and 5 first appeals. In this post, we give you an overview of the requests filed and an analysis of the responses we have received from the different public authorities.
04 January, 2022
6 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi & Anushka JainAnushka Jain
facial recognition

Telangana High Court issues notice in India’s first legal challenge to the deployment of Facial Recognition Technology

Telangana High Court has issued notice in a petition by Mr. S.Q. Masood challenging the deployment of Facial Recognition Technology in Telangana. IFF provided legal support.
03 January, 2022
6 min read
Krishnesh BapatKrishnesh Bapat
digital security

2021: New beginnings in digital security

2021 was an important year for us because we did a lot of new things. Over this short year end catch up on digital security, we’ll walk you through what we did, our achievements and disappointments, and more importantly what we learned and our path ahead in 2022.
30 December, 2021
4 min read
Shivani SinghShivani Singh
2021

2021: Building a stronger IFF with Community and Operations

Donate to help sustain our work [https://static.internetfreedom.in/donate/] Fundraising : In numbers IFF’s fundraising model is based on individualised giving and the membership programme (recurring donations) has always been at the core of it. Over the past year, our membership base grew to 427 recurring donors, donating at an average of Rs. 800 on a month to month basis. However, after the new RBI guidelines on recurring transactions [https://www.cnbctv18.com/personal-finance/faqs-rbis-new-a
30 December, 2021
8 min read
Shivani SinghShivani Singh, Farkhanda ZahoorFarkhanda Zahoor & Ashlesh BiradarAshlesh Biradar
year in review

2021: Bringing public policy closer to the public

> > > > tl;dr Throughout 2021, we have tried to respond to the various policy initiatives and projects launched by the Central and State governments with meaningful and privacy-respecting policy analysis. We have also utilized the Right to Information Act, 2005 to bring accountability in the working of every public authority. Consultations Date Consultation IFF’s comments Jan 18, 2021 Unconstitutional draft report on non-personal data ignores concerns about privacy and data monopolie
29 December, 2021
13 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain, Rohin GargRohin Garg & Simrandeep SinghSimrandeep Singh
year in review

2021 : Digital Transparency informs public debate

> > > > tl;dr Throughout 2021, we have tried to raise awareness around the various policies and projects that the Central and State government have developed and introduced. By utilising the Right to Information Act, 2005 as well as the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (‘IT Rules 2021’), we have tried to bring transparency & accountability in the working of every public authority and significant social media intermediary. These
28 December, 2021
6 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain & Anandita MishraAnandita Mishra
year in review

2021: A year of standing for your digital rights in courts

> > > > As a digital liberties organisation, IFF’s mission statement is to ensure that Indian citizens can use the internet with liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. To that end, we engage in strategic litigation to defend the rights of the litigants that approach us and make incremental changes in society. In 2020, as all of us relied on digital connections more than ever, issues such as access to the internet, surveillance, censorship and data protection gained prominence. IFF rose t
27 December, 2021
10 min read
Tanmay SinghTanmay Singh, Anandita MishraAnandita Mishra & Krishnesh BapatKrishnesh Bapat
Parliament

Winter Session 2021: A Digital Rights Review

The Winter session saw frequent disruptions. However, with the JPC reports being tabled, the Parliament proved to be crucial for digital rights.
25 December, 2021
8 min read
Gyan TripathiGyan Tripathi & Rohin GargRohin Garg
Surveillance

We take action against Hack-for-Hire firm Belltrox #SaveOurPrivacy

Based on recent disclosures from Meta-Facebook, we have filed a criminal compliant against Delhi-based hack-for-hire firm Belltrox.
24 December, 2021
4 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
PDPB

Dissent is democratic: Looking at the dissent notes in the report of the JPC #SaveOurPrivacy

In the final report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, 8 Members of Parliament have filed dissent notes against the final recommendations. In this post, we look at what the MPs are saying and explain the various amendments proposed by them.
23 December, 2021
6 min read
Rohin GargRohin Garg & Simrandeep SinghSimrandeep Singh

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Campaigns & Projects

The Digital Patrakar Defence Clinic provides pro bono legal assistance to all journalists in India who face legal threats related to their reporting.

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IFF’s Project Panoptic aims to bring transparency and accountability to the relevant government stakeholders involved in the deployment and implementation of facial recognition technology (FRT) projects in India.

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#SaveOurPrivacy is an online collective launched in May, 2018 to safeguard your privacy and ensure a citizen centric data protection law.

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The ‘Zombie Tracker’ is a platform which monitors cases which include a charge under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000 which was deemed unconstitutional by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Shreya Singhal v Union of India.

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