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Bittersweet moment: 5 years to the landmark Privacy judgement, but no data protection law yet! #SaveOurPrivacy
A Public Brief on the Data Protection Bill, 2021
Securing Examination Data: No Child’s Play
State Governments need to step up on the Pegasus issue
#PrivacyOfThePeople - To Date or To Data? / Swipe Left on Surveillance
#PrivacyOfThePeople - Why Student Data should be Students’ Data
Women’s safety on the internet has to account for intersectionality
Update: India’s incoming data laws need our urgent attention
Will India's Healthcare Data Be Protected? #PrivacyOfThePeople
India's Data Protection Bill and Social Media Users: #PrivacyOfThePeople
Government endorses the use of facial recognition for “touchless” vaccination process
#PrivacyOfThePeople - Agristack and Farmers’ Issues
#PrivacyofThePeople - ASHA Workers and Employee Surveillance
Our recommendations to protect Indians against data breaches
#DataProtectionTop10: Protecting whistleblowers, digital security researchers, and vulnerability testers
#DataProtectionTop10: Some holes that need to be plugged
#DataProtectionTop10: On the Importance of a Strong, Transparent, and Independent Data Protection Authority
Despite CIC’s observation that MeitY's response to us was “grossly improper," MeitY issues the same response again #SaveOurPrivacy
#DataProtectionTop10: State Security and Surveillance
#DataProtectionTop10: Data Localisation
#DataProtectionTop10: Voluntary Social Media Verification
#DataProtectionTop10: On the need to protect the rights of users
#DataProtectionTop10: Exceptions to Consent - A Torn Safety Net
#DataProtectionTop10: Impostors under the Personal Data Protection Bill
#DataProtectionTop10: Lost in Muddled Objectives
#StartfromScratch: Constitutional Utopias of Digital Protection
Launching CyberSec Charcha: IFF's monthly digital security update!
We urge CBSE to consider the pandemic as a time for care for students, not violations of their privacy.
Buffering Justice : A call for greater participation in the Draft Vision Document for Judicial Digitisation
Breach please! Why companies like Facebook need to be held accountable by CERT-IN
#StartFromScratch: Why is the data protection bill being criticized?
#StartFromScratch: Why is the data protection bill being criticized?
#StartFromScratch: An Explainer on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
CIC observes that IT Ministry's denial on RTI for comments on the Data Protection Bill is, "grossly improper" #SaveOurPrivacy
Kwik to deny a data breach, MobiKwik must move faster to address it
Delhi HC issues notice to govt in petition challenging denial of RTI regarding Aarogya Setu #SaveOurPrivacy
Explainer: WhatsApp Privacy Policy Changes #SaveOurPrivacy
We wrote to the UGC and the Ministry of Education on exam proctoring
The non-personal data policy process remains opaque and problematic #SaveOurPrivacy
Privacy Policies of Telecom Service Providers - Or Why You Shouldn't Just Click Accept
Internal govt documents provide insight into the creation and expansion of Aarogya Setu
Strengthening the Joint Parliamentary Committee process on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
Strengthening the Joint Parliamentary Committee process on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
Mandatory imposition of Aarogya Setu by Delhi Govt is illegal and ineffective #SaveOurPrivacy
Internal govt documents provide insight into the creation and expansion of Aarogya Setu #SaveOurPrivacy
While India copes with COVID-19, Aadhaar continues its function creep #SaveOurPrivacy
Data Empowerment is a result of Data Rights
Move fast, break things? Not when sensitive health data is at stake! #SaveOurPrivacy
Watch the Watchmen Series Part 2 : The Centralised Monitoring System
National Digital Health Mission Data Policy Consultation: Not now, not like this, not without all of us! #SaveOurPrivacy
Delhi HC directs govt to consider representation regarding national Health Data Management Policy #SaveOurPrivacy
Watch the Watchmen Series Part 1 : The National Intelligence Grid
Kerala HC to hear Aarogya Setu petitions in September 2020 #SaveOurPrivacy
Legal Notice to BECIL for it's tender to procure employee tracking smartwatches and a Covid-19 mass surveillance system #SaveOurPrivacy
Over 130 individuals and organizations oppose mandatory use of Aarogya Setu in Delhi district courts #SaveOurPrivacy
Survey about use of Aarogya Setu for air travel #SaveOurPrivacy
Banning 59 Apps sets a concerning precedent. A detailed statement and initial action. #WhatTheBlock
Bulk data sharing policy scrapped is an incremental victory that requires follow up action #SaveOurPrivacy
The Committee on IT is meeting next week! #SaveOurPrivacy
It's time to stop data breaches and security vulnerabilities. We write to the IT Ministry. #SaveOurPrivacy
We wrote to the Kerala Government and the Expert Committee formed on the Sprinklr Inc. Data Protection issue in Kerala highlighting the need for preserving the ideal of Constitutional Federalism #SaveOurPrivacy
Kerala High Court hears challenges against mandatory imposition of Aarogya Setu
Workers of a digital world unite to advance privacy, dignity and autonomy! #SaveOurPrivacy
We wrote to NCRB and MHA requesting them to halt their ongoing National Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) project #SaveOurPrivacy
Data Protection and the National Population Register
Essential Features of a Rights Respecting Data Protection Law
Data Protection and the National Population Register #SaveOurPrivacy
Workplace Surveillance: Your employer could be watching you
Workplace Surveillance: Your employer could be watching you
Educate and advocate for better privacy protection before the Data Protection JPC
It's the final countdown (kinda) on the Data Protection Bill #SaveOurPrivacy
How far have we come as India prepares for its much awaited data protection law.
We ask the Committee on IT to let those targeted by Pegasus be heard!
IFF submits comments to the Standing Committee on Science & Tech highlighting worries with the DNA Bill, 2019.
We provide the Standing Committees on Home Affairs with suggestions as they discuss the Pegasus scandal.
NCRB finally responds to legal notice on facial recognition, we promptly send a rejoinder...
Statement: Scary disclosures on use of NSO spyware in India signal a need for urgent reform
Here's looking at you/he/she/they! The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy looks at gender and personality.
#PrivacySupreme: Two years of the Right to Privacy.
Personal Data and Information Privacy Code Bill, 2019 introduced in the Lok Sabha today! #SaveOurPrivacy
The Personal Data and Information Privacy Code Act, 2019 has been uploaded for your viewing purposes!
He sees you when you're sleeping, He knows when you're awake, He gets your personal data and sells it for your own sake. #DystopiaBells
We might be in the market for a new kind of face mask.
The purpose of 'Public' in 'Public Consultation', lest we merely consult.
And we can't stop, and we won't stop #SaveOurPrivacy continues...
Legal notice to the Delhi Government to immediately halt CCTV installations.
IFF files rejoinder in PIL seeking surveillance reform
The individual must be at the center of privacy protection
We call on MEITY in our counter comments to withdraw the proposed changes to the Intermediary rules. They are unconstitutional and open to legal challenge. #ITRules #SaveOurPrivacy #RightToMeme
Privacy for the young. A personal perspective.
Protect your business. Protect your users. #ITRules #SaveOurPrivacy #RightToMeme
Digital rights and research organisations are unanimous. Proposed changes to Intermediary Rules must be recalled. #ITRules #SaveOurPrivacy #RightToMeme
TOP SECRET: MHA Refuses to reveal total number of snooping requests
TOP SECRET: MHA Refuses to reveal total number of snooping requests
We urge MEITY to press reboot on the Intermediary Rules #SaveOurPrivacy #RightToMeme
Supreme Court issues notice on IFF's petition for surveillance reform #SaveOurPrivacy
The Aadhaar Amendment Bill contravenes the Supreme Court Judgement on Surveillance
India must resist the lure of the Chinese model of online surveillance and censorship #IntermediaryRules #RightToMeme #SaveOurPrivacy
Explainer: With new rules to snoop and censor on online content, India is moving towards the Chinese model of a closed internet
Explainer: How the MHA notification is another step in making India into a survelliance state #SaveOurPrivacy
डीएनए प्रौद्योगिकी (उपयोग एवं अनुप्रयोग) विनियमन विधेयक 2018 से खतरा #SaveOurPrivacy
“No more data collection without privacy protection” #DNABill #SaveOurPrivacy
Winter (session) is here!
The drafting process for the Data Protection Bill should not be shrouded in secrecy #SaveOurPrivacy
RTIs filed on the Data Protection Bill Consultation
Reminder : 12 Hours Remain To Send In Comments
Alert: Consultation on Data Protection Bill extended for 10 days
Aadhaar requires a strong privacy law
Part 2 of Maadhyam's Analysis of the Data Protection Bill and Questionnare
Read Maadhyam's Analysis of the Data Protection Bill and Participate in a Questionnare
Joint statement by RTI and privacy activists on amendments proposed to RTI by Srikrishna Committee
It's Easy! Participate in the Data Protection Consultation
Celebrating #PrivacyDay with action
Initial statement on Justice Srikrishna Committee Report
Statement of solidarity - RTI and RTP activists
Translations ahoy!
Help us translate the 7 privacy principles!
What Should India's Data Privacy Regulator Look Like?
Handy 4 page summary of the Indian Privacy Code
A community-driven project has proposed a model privacy bill for India that puts citizens first
Why women need a data protection law : Online shopping carts, pregnancy apps to their online presence itself
How does #SaveOurPrivacy deal with Aadhaar?
Basics of data protection and privacy
