CCTVs in Delhi: Cause for concern or celebration? #SaveOurPrivacy
We wrote to the Government of Delhi to highlight our concerns and highlight the need for a legal review & audit of their CCTV project.
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MEITY filed a limited affidavit in Supreme Court without confirming or denying if the Government used Pegasus
The Government has filed a limited affidavit before the SC which proposes to constitute a Committee of Experts but does not categorically comment on whether the government used the Pegasus Spyware. The SC has heard submissions on the limited affidavit and has listed the case for 17.08.2021.
We wrote to the Govt. of Meghalaya against the use of FRT for verification of pensioner's identities
We provided support to Mr. Jade Jeremiah Lyngdoh, a law student, in drafting a letter to the Govt. of Meghalaya in which we highlighted the possible privacy concerns of using FRT to verification of pensioners' identity.
The Arsenal Reports: The rise of targeted surveillance in India
The reports by Arsenal Consulting show that some of the BK-16 were surveilled and incriminating documents planted on their computers. We analyse what this means for the rise of targeted surveillance in India in light of the recent Pegasus revelations.
Pegasus: Rupesh Kumar Singh and Ipsa Shatakshi and other journalists approach SC
Rupesh Kumar Singh and Ipsa Shatakshi, activists reporting on issues related to Adivasi people in Jharkhand, approached the SC asking to declare that the use of a spyware such as Pegasus is unconstitutional. IFF has provided legal assistance.
Line-by-line verification of the IT Minister's Statement on the Pegasus Hacks
In this post, we present to you a line-by-line verification of the IT Minister's statement on Pegasus, wherein we use a constitutional, legal, and people-centric lens to debunk and correct falsehoods and misinterpretations.
State Governments need to step up on the Pegasus issue
Cognisant of the legal injuries as well as the violations of fundamental rights that have occurred in light of the Pegasus spyware revelations, we wrote to the state governments of Maharashtra & Chhattisgarh to institute investigations into the use of spyware against citizens.
Securing Examination Data: No Child’s Play
Concerned about the threat to children's privacy and safety caused by such data breaches, in July 2021, IFF sent thirty-two representations to the State and Union Territory Commissions for the Protection of Child Rights in India.
Dear Standing Committee, We Have Some Questions on Pegasus
We wrote to the Standing Committee on IT with questions for the MHA, MeitY and MoC related to the Pegasus revelations.
Women’s safety on the internet has to account for intersectionality
In light of recent incident wherein women belonging to the Muslim community were targeted, we have written to the NCW & DCW with our recommendations as well as to GoDaddy.com asking them to remove the domain registered with them.