Our Response to the SC’s Technical Committee on Pegasus #SaveOurPrivacy
Read our response to queries sent by the Technical Committee set up by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India for investigating the use of the Pegasus spyware in India.
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Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for February 2022
For the month of February 2022, IFF has filed 36 RTI requests and 3 first appeals.
The Government's got your number (and more) #SaveOurPrivacy
We wrote to the Department of Telecommunications warning them about the privacy implications of the extension of the retention period for call records and internet usage data to two years through recent amendments.
CIC admonishes the MHA and seeks confirmation on affidavit of destruction of surveillance data
IFF had filed six RTIs with the MHA seeking data on the e-surveillance. MHA first denied information on grounds of national security and later claimed that the data did not exist. CIC has admonished the CPIO for changing its stance and sought confirmation on non-availability of data on affidavit.
Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for January 2022
Since our last report for the month of December, IFF has filed 10 RTI requests and 2 first appeals. In this post, we give you an overview of the requests filed and an analysis of the responses we have received from the different public authorities.