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Jan 24, 2020 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
*Important*

The Lok Sabha Secretariat is seeking your views on the Data Protection Bill, 2019. 👇🏽 #SaveOurPrivacy
Starting tomorrow throughout this consultation we will be helping you and parliamentarians with analysis and explainers on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. #SaveOurPrivacy
While the Joint Committee on Data Protection has invited public participation, we urge it to consider further steps.

1/ Publish Indic language versions

2/ All materials may be published in the public domain

3/ Public depositions

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Been hearing some chatter around #DigiYatra? As scary questions about ownership, transparency, and data flow emerge, here is a quick rundown of everything we know about the service, and more importantly, everything we don’t. 😶‍🌫️🧵1/7
1️⃣Who owns DigiYatra?
In 2019, @MoCA_GoI passed on DigiYatra's operations & data ecosystem to a *private company* created for this very purpose – DigiYatra Foundation. DYF is a joint venture between 5 Indian airports (public-private, 74% stake) & @AAI_Official (public, 26%). 2/7
2️⃣ Such a public-private venture must be answerable to citizens?
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Were you among the millions of @WhatsApp users who got a DM from ‘Viksit Bharat Sampark’? 🫠🫠

The account, seeking feedback on government initiatives, is now barred by the Election Commission from sending messages.
But several concerns persist… (1/10)
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The message, accompanied by a letter from the PM, listed the various schemes and initiatives introduced by the incumbent government and was, in many cases, sent after the ECI released its Model Code of Conduct for upcoming elections. (2/10)
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Mar 20
🚨🚨
Statement:

@GoI_MeitY has notified the @PIBFactCheck of the @MIB_India as the fact-checking unit (FCU) under the IT Amendment Rules, 2023.

The notified FCU will be empowered to flag online “false”, “fake”, or “misleading” information related to the Union govt. 1/9 🧵 Image
The establishment of the FCU less than a month before the country heads for the #GeneralElections2024 could vastly affect the nature of free speech on the internet as it holds the potential to be (mis)used for proactive censorship, most importantly in the context of dissent. 2/9

Link to the PDF:
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This notification follows the March 13 decision of the Bombay HC, where the Bench refused to restrain the setting up of an FCU until the third Judge decides on the constitutionality of the 2023 Amendment.

This effectively allowed the Union govt to operationalise the FCU, despite its constitutionality being under deliberation before the High Court. 3/9

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Mar 12
‼️Indian Railways has floated a tender for the installation of 3.3L facial recognition-enabled CCTV cameras inside railway coaches with a central face-matching server to surveil & identify passengers (adults & children) to ‘curb crime’. (1/7)

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@amofficialCRIS invited tech providers to install FRT-enabled tech with ‘video analytics’ to identify faces & send them to a ‘face matching server’. This lacks legal safeguards, creates a fertile land for misidentification & staff bias, & fails Puttaswamy criteria. (2/7)

CCTV systems enabled with FRT operate in regulatory limbo as there is no legislative basis to use it to combat crime. & there’s the currently inoperational DPDPA which may not adequately regulate CCTV and FRT, leaving individuals' sensitive facial data vulnerable to misuse. (3/7) Image
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Mar 1
🚨🔊May I have your attention please. @RailMinIndia is planning to install over 3.3 Lakh facial recognition-enabled CCTV cameras inside 44,038 train coaches across India… and our right to privacy is about to depart from platform number five. 🔊🚆1/7
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With an intent of enhancing security for passengers in trains, @amofficialCRIS has floated a tender for installing CCTV surveillance systems enabled with ‘video analytics’ & facial recognition in coaches & at exit/entry points. 2/7
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Can we catch a break!?
The past few days in the Parliament align on the chaotic bad plane. Suspensions, followed by more suspensions, followed by draconian bills passing without any opposition (because, yk, suspensions). 🎪

Broadcasting Bill, Telecom Bill, & now the criminal reform bills – our digital rights are in deep waters. 1/n

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*pulls out Hindi-English dictionary* 2/n

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