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internet shutdowns

Standing Committee on IT highlights lack of action taken by the Government and reiterates it recommendations on internet shutdowns

In our letter to the Standing Committee on IT, we note with appreciation the recommendations, made in its 37th Action Taken report, of bringing the issue of internet shutdowns to the forefront and recommending concrete steps to address it.

28 February, 2023

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internet shutdowns

IFF puts 5 questions to the Chief Secretary of Haryana about the ongoing internet shutdown

On February 26, 2023, the Home Department of the Haryana Government ordered an internet suspension for three days in Nuh. We have written to the Chief Secretary asking five questions that must be put to the legality of the Suspension Order.

28 February, 2023

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Tanmay Singh

Project Panoptic

Statement on IFF's Panoptic Bengaluru report

IFF's Panoptic Bengaluru maps the growing surveillance in the city of Bengaluru

20 February, 2023

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Digital India Bill

Many mysteries of 'Digital India Bill'

This post is dedicated towards throwing some light on the much talked, heard, and discussed about ‘Digital India Bill’ (DIB), which strangely hasn’t even seen the light of the day yet.

20 February, 2023

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transaprency

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for January 2023

For the month of January 2022, IFF has filed 7 Right to Information (“RTI”) applications and 02 First Appeals. We received 5 responses including 1 from the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and 4 from the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

17 February, 2023

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DPDPB, 2022

Read our public brief on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022

Our brief summarises the issues with the draft and tries to provide better insight into how they may be resolved.

16 February, 2023

6 min read

facial recognition

Planning to use Digiyatra? Read this first!

Read our explainer on the DigiYatra Scheme's Privacy Policy.

14 February, 2023

7 min read

SaveOurPrivacy

The Supreme Court refuses Special Leave Petition challenging the unconstitutional retention of mobile data of journalists

In December 2022, P. Vaishnavi, a freelance journalist, approached the Supreme Court challenging the order of the High Court of Madras that directed the trial court to keep a copy of all necessary content and data from her mobile phone, without providing any safeguards.

11 February, 2023

3 min read

Tanmay Singh

MeitY

MeitY’s merry go round: Statement on blocking and unblocking(?) of apps by MeitY

MeitY has reportedly issued orders to block over 230 applications/ platforms, after receiving instructions from the Ministry of Home Affairs. MeitY hasn't yet furnished an official reasoning and justification for it. Read our full statement here.

10 February, 2023

6 min read