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We demand disclosure on India's shutdown law #KeepUsOnline

Last week we made considerable progress in our mission to reform India’s Internet Shutdown laws. This work has been extensively covered by The Wire in an opinion piece titled, “The Worst Aspect of India’s Internet Shutdowns Is the Official Secrecy About It” [https://thewire.in/tech/secrecy-abounds-the-creation-of-of-indias-internet-shutdown-law-why] , and “Jan Gan Man Ki Baat, Episode No. 271” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWtx4G36Ru]. A Short Recap * Noticing a growth in the frequency of
07 July, 2018
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Apar GuptaApar Gupta

#SaveOurPrivacy a community project powered by IFF

Today we launched a community, public interest project called, “Save Our Privacy” [https://saveourprivacy.in/] to assist an effort to put forth a model citizens bill on data protection that safeguards your right to privacy. This model bill titled as the, "Indian Privacy Code, 2018", has been drafted by a group of lawyers, many of whom made a joint submission to the Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee on its call for comments on a white paper. Given the concerns which have been repeatedly made o
08 June, 2018
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Apar GuptaApar Gupta

Stop the "Social Media Communication Hub" #SaveOurPrivacy

We often feel we are under constant watch. Our data is gathered continuously and analysed by social networking websites. It can't get worse, or can it? Well, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting now wants to surveil our social media activities by creating a “Social Media Communication Hub”. Through a tender [http://www.becil.com/uploads/tender/TendernoticeBECIL01pdf-04836224e38fdb96422221c4e057f6c5.pdf] that was supposed to close today at noon but has now been extended to June 16 [htt
30 May, 2018
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Apar GuptaApar Gupta

Ministry of Telecom, call us maybe? #KeepUsOnline

Just like us, sometimes the government does not wake up to the first-morning alarm. But we ask [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E1oao2HHcjkWLQy5OtF4G7D1Wr_ts9XK/view?usp=sharing] the Ministry of Telecom to stop pressing the snooze button on the issue of Internet Shutdowns. Network disruptions require urgent policy and legal intervention. When we launched, KeepUsOnline [https://keepusonline.in] campaign more than 16,000 people and 100 organisations clearly communicated to the Government that th
22 May, 2018
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Apar GuptaApar Gupta

Standing Committee on IT can do more to #SaveOurPrivacy

In April, we corresponded [https://static.internetfreedom.in/standing-it-letter/] with the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Information Technology when we learnt that it was conducting hearings on ‘Citizen’s Data Security and Privacy’, following the Cambridge Analytica revelations and the longer discussion in India around data privacy. Last week we learned that the Committee has through a press release taken up the citizen demand for public consultation [link] [http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintR
21 May, 2018
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Apar GuptaApar Gupta

Dear Prime Minister KeepUsOnline

Just like you, we really do care about the internet. It acts as an engine for our economy, allows incredible amounts of individual expression and fosters social connections like never before. Much of the progress we have made is under threat as governments shut down the Internet in different parts of the country. That's why we launched https://KeepUsOnline.in. Given this continuing concern, we have written to the Prime Minister’s Office to issue a statement against internet shutdowns and have a
23 April, 2018
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Apar GuptaApar Gupta

Standing Committee on IT must act to Save Our Privacy

Today, the Internet Freedom Foundation [http://www.internetfreedom.in], wrote a letter to the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by Shri Anurag Thakur and composed of Members of Parliament from both houses, on the hearings set up by it on the subject of ‘Citizen’s Data Security and Privacy’. In this letter, IFF has reiterated the ask it initially made on April 5 requesting that the Standing Committee of IT open up its inquiry on citizen’s data security and privacy
18 April, 2018
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Apar GuptaApar Gupta

IFF urges Justice Srikrishna to Save Our Privacy

Today, the Internet Freedom Foundation [http://www.internetfreedom.in], an organization born from the SaveTheInternet.in movement for Net Neutrality, filed its submission to the Justice Srikrishna Committee on Data Protection. This committee which has been tasked with framing India's data protection law is an important step in ensuring the online privacy for people in India. * Earlier IFF through the, "Privacy is a Right" page had summarised a voluminous white paper and outlined how the pub
31 January, 2018
1 min read
IFF Public Policy TeamIFF Public Policy Team
Net Neutrality

TRAI’s recommendations are another big victory for Net Neutrality - but follow up action is needed!

IFF notes with appreciation the recommendations issued by Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Net Neutrality despite push back from some quarters of the telecommunication industry against any additional regulations. By taking a decisive stand on upholding Net Neutrality, TRAI has built upon the strong foundation it had laid down in 2016 by issuing regulations prohibiting Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services. We welcome these recommendations for the following reasons:
29 November, 2017
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IFF Public Policy TeamIFF Public Policy Team

Aadhaar undermines informational privacy and data protection

When the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) was launched more than a year ago, we had a spirited conversation on taking forward our work from SaveTheInternet.in and net neutrality. What brought us together was a shared passion for protecting the open internet and the digital rights of users. We strongly felt that this couldn't be done without protecting the privacy of individuals [https://static.internetfreedom.in/issues-privacy/]. Our very fundamental notions and protections of privacy and data
23 November, 2017
1 min read
IFF Public Policy TeamIFF Public Policy Team

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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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