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#PrivacyDay2022
The Right to Privacy was recognised as a Fundamental Right guaranteed under our Constitution on this day, five years ago by the Supreme Court of India when it delivered the landmark judgment - 'Retd. Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India'

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The Honorable Supreme Court of India held the #RightToPrivacy to be an essential part of liberty protected under Article 21, and freedom of speech and expression under Article 19 of the Indian Constitution.

#PrivacyDay2022 #PrivacyMatters #FundamentalRights #India #Democracy
Justice Chandrachud’s opinion in the #Puttaswamy judgement encapsulates the essence of #Privacy -

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This #PrivacyDay, let us take a look at the important recent developments in the area of #Privacy in India.

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#Pegasus

The Indian Judiciary took another step towards the protection of #Privacy with the order issued in the Pegasus issue.

@SFLCin, represented by Colin Gonsalves was also part of this litigation.

#Surveillance #PrivacyDay2022 #PrivacyMatters

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#Pegasus

The court observed that #Privacy cannot be encroached upon by the state in an arbitrary manner and has to withstand the test of permissible restriction on fundamental rights. The court also observed the debate regarding the trade-off b/w security and privacy.
#DataProtection

Even after 5 yrs of the SC directing the Government to bring in place a law protecting & regulating informational privacy, no law has been enacted.
In August 2022, the government withdrew the #PersonalDataProtectionBill after it was under deliberation for 4 yrs
#DataProtection

The bill was a culmination of the BN Sri Krishna Committee Report of 2018 and was laid before the Parliament on 11 December 2019. It was referred to the JPC on the same day and the report of this committee was presented before the Parliament in December 2021
Read @SFLCin's comments on -
1. Sri Krishna Committee report here: sflc.in/faq-joint-parl…

2. The JPC Report here: sflc.in/summary-jpc-re…

#PrivacyDay2022 #PrivacyMatters
#SearchAndSeizure

While there exists no tangible legal framework to protect the #Privacy of individuals, the police have time and again conducted arbitrary and indiscriminate search and seizure of mobile electronic devices.

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#SearchAndSeizure

Such an invasion of #privacy by state has become a concerning issue and has affected journalists, academics and activists and ordinary citizens. Recently, a petition was filed before the SC by a group of Academics to lay down guidelines on search and seizure.
#Aadhaar #VoterIdwithAadhaar

The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 passed on December 29 2021 provides for linking of Aadhaar Cards with voter IDs. With this, all the information contained in the Aadhaar including biometric information could be linked to the voter ID as well.
#Aadhaar #VoterIdwithAadhaar

On June 17 2022, the Government laid down the Registration of Electors (Amendment) Rules, 2022 which prescribe the procedure for the linking. Although its not mandatory, it's still beyond the scope limited by the SC in the Puttaswamy II judgment.
#CERTin #CERTinDirections #VPN

On April 28, 2022, @IndianCERT issued directions for various stakeholders that require VPNs to register information regarding names of subscribers, IPs, email and purpose for hiring services etc., for a period of 5 years.

#PrivacyDay2022
#CERTin #CERTinDirections #VPN

The direction seeks to gather and store user data and is a restriction on right to privacy.However, the directions fail the proportionality test of #RightToPrivacy

#PrivacyMatters #PrivacyDay2022

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#CriminalProcedureAct

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 was passed by the Parliament on April 18, 2022. The Act contains several concerning provisions that prima facie fall foul of the fundamental rights enshrined in Part-III of the Constitution of India.
#CriminalProcedureAct

Section 3 of the Act gives police wide powers to take the measurements of any person convicted of or arrested in connection with, an offence under the law. This violates the #RightToPrivacy held to be inherent under Article 21, as held in #Puttaswamy.
We at @SFLCin have been working to safeguard the #Privacy of Indian citizens, since 2010.
To help us continue fighting for your digital freedom, support us by making a donation at sflc.in/donate

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More from @SFLCin

Aug 24
#LetTheNetWork
@SFLCin had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India in April of this year challenging various Indian State governments imposing arbitrary internet shutdowns during examinations.
#InternetShutdowns #keepiton #BREAKING
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The petition filed under #Article32 of the Indian Constitution challenges the states of #ArunachalPradesh, #Rajasthan, #Gujarat and #WestBengal. We have impleaded State of #Assam as a party through an Intervention Application filed this week.
The petition is yet to come up.
We will be sharing more details regarding the petition once it is listed.
We are committed to defend your digital freedoms and to #LetTheNetWork.
#StayTuned
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Aug 17
#Updates on @videolan being inaccessible on ISP platforms.
As per the last #RTI response, @GoI_MeitY
had said, “No information is available with this ministry related to videolan.org website”.
We have filed a second appeal for it & are awaiting a response.
#Censorship
After not receiving satisfactory response from @GoI_MeitY, we have filed two applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005 with @BSNLCorporate and the @DoT_India as well.
#WebsiteBlocking #FreeSpeech #blocked #rtItBot
Latest tests on various carriers show different messages being displayed every time we try to load the "videolan.org" website.
@ACTFibernet states that "The website has been blocked as per order of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under IT Act, 2000."
Read 10 tweets
Apr 6
#RTI
An RTI filed by SFLC.in,the reply for which came after 5 months reveals that #InternetShutdowns were imposed in Jammu & Kashmir for a period of 2 months.
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#LetTheNetWork #keepiton #internetshutdown #JammuKashmir #BreakingNews
SFLCin had received information that the mobile Internet was being frequently suspended in various regions of Kashmir for nearly 10 hours every day.
The areas facing such suspensions are #Anchar, #Eidgah, #Qamarwari, #Soura, #MRGung, #Nowhatta, #SafaKadal, #Bagyass of #Srinagar district; #Wanpoh of #Kulgam district, #Qaimoh and the #Litter area in the #Pulwama district of #Kashmir.
Read 14 tweets
Apr 5
#Breaking_News
The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, prima facie, fails to satisfy the tests laid down by the Supreme Court in the landmark decision in K.S. Puttaswamy (2017).
#CriminalProcedureIdentificationBill2022 #LokSabha #surveillance #privacymatters
The collection and processing of sensitive personal data such as biometric & biological samples for the purposes of identification do not, satisfy the test of proportionality.
The absence of any opportunity of hearing for persons refusing to allow their measurements to be taken highlights the failure to meet the State’s aim for promoting justice, as provided under Article 39A of the Constitution.
Read 15 tweets
Jan 17
#LetTheNetWork
An #RTI response from the Rajasthan government reveals that a total of 6 shutdowns were imposed during August 2018 in the districts of #Ajmer, #Bhilwara, #Naguar and #Tonk to prevent cheating in exams.
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#keepiton #internetshutdown
The RTI response states that the law under which the suspension was ordered is Order Number F 35(1) Home-9/ 2006 Pt. Dated 02-09-2017 issued by Home (Gr.9) Department of Rajasthan Government.
The order states that in exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 2(1) of the Temporary Suspension Of Telecom Services Rules, 2017, the DCs of the State of Rajasthan are hereby empowered to exercise the powers conferred by the Rules in case of public emergency or public safety.
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