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Internet Freedom Foundation's statement on the Right to Privacy judgement

Today, history was made as a nine-judge constitutional bench unanimously decided that the Right to Privacy was a Fundamental Right in the Indian Constitution. The Internet Freedom Foundation, that fights for a fair, open, and neutral internet, wholeheartedly welcomes this decision and thanks the Supreme Court for championing the rights of Indian citizens. We urge the government to now pass a citizen focused privacy and data protection bill, on the basis of this powerful statement from the Supr

24 August, 2017

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Karthik

Updates on the Whatsapp Case

We had earlier updated [https://www.internetfreedom.in/iff-will-represent-your-digital-rights-in-the-whatsapp-privacy-case/] that IFF has intervened in a case involving issues of online privacy and licensing of online platforms before the Supreme Court of India. This case arises from a challenge to the change in Whatsapp privacy policy after which it began sharing data with Facebook. For those who are looking for more background on the case one of our earlier posts which is available here conta

IFF will represent your digital rights in the WhatsApp Privacy Case

Today a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court heard the WhatsApp Privacy Case—Karmaya Singh Sareen v. Union of India SLP (C) No. 804 of 2017—in which the Internet Freedom Foundation intervened to make submissions. The other parties in the case included the Petitioner, the Union Government and private platforms, WhatsApp and Facebook Inc. This case comes from an appeal against a Delhi High Court judgment last year, in a case where two students had filed a legal petition challenging the change

27 April, 2017

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IFF Public Policy Team

Censorship

Statement of concern on the Sabu Mathew George Case : Don’t “auto-block” online expression

The Supreme Court of India has over the past one year passed various orders in the case of Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India & Ors. [WP(C) 341/2008] that are undermining internet freedom, particularly the right of free expression online. The case concerns allegations that search engines are acting in contravention of S. 22 of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) insofar as they are showing results rela

20 February, 2017

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IFF Public Policy Team

Featured

This Republic Day, help us fight for your rights online

2016 was a year of impact. Thanks to over a million voices of Indians like you, net neutrality was front and centre in government offices, newsrooms, and the floor of our Parliament, resulting in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) announcing the first set of rules to safeguard an open internet and prevent discrimination from corporate lobbies. The overwhelming support we received on the Save The Internet campaign led to us launching the Internet Freedom Foundation -- a volunteer d

26 January, 2017

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IFF Public Policy Team

Delhi High Court Whatsapp case calls for urgent government action to protect user privacy

Today (September 23, 2016) the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi passed orders in the case of Karmanya Singh Sareen and Anr. v. Union of India [W.P. (C) 7663/2016]. The case related to a prayer by the petitioners regarding a threat to their privacy due to product changes in the popular messaging application WhatsApp. These changes related to its integration with the social media platform Facebook and the protections under the privacy policy of WhatsApp. We await the order of the court at this time. K

23 September, 2016

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IFF Public Policy Team

Intervention in the High Court of Delhi on the "Right to be Forgotten" Case

Yesterday (19.09.2016), the Internet Freedom Foundation (www.internetfreedom.in), an organization born from the SaveTheInternet.in movement for Net Neutrality, moved to join proceedings in a case related to the creation of the “Right to be Forgotten” in India. Notice was issued by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi on IFF's application and arguments on the intervention will be heard after pleadings are filed. As per public reports the case specifically titled, Laksh Vir Singh Yadav v. Union of Ind

20 September, 2016

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IFF Public Policy Team

IFF Supports SpeechBill.in

IFF was launched from the roots of savetheinternet.in with an objective to support and preserve the charachter of the Internet. This includes making sure it remains open and free. The TRAI’s explanatory memorandum on the Discriminatory Pricing Regulation expressly acknowledges it by linking network neutrality to our fundamental right to speech and expression. One of the steps to broaden our work has been by supporting the Office of Tathagata Satpathy with the www.speechbill.in effort. The Speec

13 September, 2016

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IFF Public Policy Team

Policy

Troubleshooting India’s WiFi

A recently-closed consultation paper [http://trai.gov.in/Content/ConDis/20782_0.aspx] by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) explored how public WiFi could bring high-speed Internet to a large number of unconnected Indians. The Internet Freedom Foundation regards this as a very important issue and we have formally submitted our inputs to this consultation; this post explains our position. In the consultation paper, TRAI pointed out that our country has woefully few public WiFi hots

07 September, 2016

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IFF Public Policy Team

Hello world - and happy Independence Day!

A lot of you already know about us having supported and being a part of the SaveTheInternet.in movement. Millions of Internet users speaking up for net neutrality and calling for the protection of our open Internet was a significant point for digital activism and policy-making in India. It showed that a large number of Indians care about the Internet and making their voice heard! The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) hopes to carry on this work organisationally. But how? Read on. * At present

15 August, 2016

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IFF Public Policy Team

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