Hyderabad Police force people to remove their masks before photographing them. We sent a legal notice. #SaveOurPrivacy

Hyderabad Police is forcing people to remove masks and photographing them. We sent a legal notice to the Police Commissioner about this.

June 2, 2021 · 5 min · Tanmay Singh

Watch the Watchmen Series Part 5 : The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019

In the fifth part of our “Watch the Watchmen” series, we take a closer look at PDP Bill which is likely to be tabled in next year’s Budget Session.

October 28, 2020 · 8 min · Anushka Jain

Watch the Watchmen Series Part 4 : The National Automated Facial Recognition System

In the fourth part of our “Watch the Watchmen” series which aims to develop and use a national database of photographs which is to be used in conjunction with a facial recognition technology system by Central and State security agencies to swiftly identify criminals.

October 7, 2020 · 11 min · Anushka Jain

Watch the Watchmen Series Part 3 : The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System

In the third part of our “Watch the Watchmen” series, we take a closer look at the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) which aims to develop a national database of crime and criminals.

September 21, 2020 · 4 min · Anushka Jain

Watch the Watchmen Series Part 2 : The Centralised Monitoring System

In the second part of our Watch the Watchmen series, we take a look at the Centralised Monitoring System (CMS) which aims to automate the process of lawful interception & monitoring of telecommunications.

September 14, 2020 · 8 min · Anushka Jain