DHC directs CIC to decide IFF’s appeals within 8 weeks
Delhi High Court directs CIC to decide IFF’s appeals which seek statistical data regarding the surveillance orders under Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
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One year of #ProjectPanoptic
As we celebrate the one year anniversary of our Project Panoptic, we take a look back at everything we have been able to achieve through the project and what we aim to do moving forward.
The Delhi High Court directs the CIC to provide a time frame within which our second appeal for information on surveillance orders will be decided
MHA originally claimed that the RTIs on e-surveillance is exempt for national security, but CIC directed the MHA to re-hear the matter. MHA now claims that it has destroyed the info! We filed another appeal before the CIC, and the Delhi HC directed the CIC to tell the HC a timeline for our appeal.
IFF files a Writ Petition against MHA’s refusal to provide information on electronic surveillance orders issued under the IT Act
We filed 6 RTI applications in Dec 2018 seeking information about Electronic Surveillance orders passed under Section 69 of the IT Act. Three years have passed since, and we apprehend that the information sought is being continuously destroyed during the pendency of the RTI proceedings.
Project Panoptic has partnered with Amnesty International & Article 19 to launch #BanTheScan in India
IFF’s Project Panoptic has partnered with Amnesty International and Article 19 to launch the #BanTheScan campaign against the rampant proliferation of facial recognition use in Hyderabad.