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• [RTI] 23030 websites/URLs currently blocked in India October 09, 2017 According to the Cyber Laws and E-Security Group under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Group (MeitY), as many as 23,030 websites /URLs are currently blocked in India. This information was received as a reply ...
• Digital Security Training in Kochi October 04, 2017 We live in an era where human activity is producing unprecedented amounts of digital data. The popular saying these days is ‘data is the new oil’. The high value of this data along with the ...
• Summary Report: Digital Citizen Summit, 2017 (September 21-22, 2017; New Delhi) September 27, 2017 The second Digital Citizen Summit was organised on September 21-22, 2017 by Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. SFLC.in was an associate partner of the ...
• Notable technology and rights related litigations September 27, 2017 Below is a compilation of some notable technology and rights related litigations from India, on-going and concluded. This list includes matters filed before the Indian Supreme Court as well as various High Courts, and covers ...
• New Rules on Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services in case of Public Emergency or Public Safety September 23, 2017 The Ministry of Communications, on August 7th , 2017, notified new rules for the suspension of telecom services in case of public emergency or public safety, and consequently, the suspension of Internet services in India. ...
• Workshop on Secure Communication September 22, 2017 SFLC.in is organising a workshop on “Secure Communication ” in association with Sukhbir Singh, TOR Developer, on Saturday, September 23, 2017, from 11:00AM-:1:30 PM at the SFLC.in premises at K-9, Second Floor, Birbal Road, Jangpura ...
• [RTI] Darjeeling Internet Ban: 3 months and counting September 18, 2017 The ongoing Internet shutdown in Darjeeling, West Bengal completes 3 months today. This day, three months earlier, mobile Internet was shutdown in the city due to the ongoing agitation for a separate Gorkhaland. Two days ...
• Summary Report: Celebrating the Right to be Let Alone [Sep 02, 2017; New Delhi] September 04, 2017 On Sep 2, 2017, SFLC.in organized a discussion titled “Celebrating the Right To Be Let Alone” to commemorate the recent recognition of right to privacy as a fundamental right, discuss the privacy judgment, its key ...

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• Supreme Court upholds Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right August 24, 2017 In a momentous judgment delivered in the case of K. S Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. [Writ Petition (Civil) No. 494 of 2012] today, the Supreme Court of India affirmed ...
• [Press Release] Supreme Court holds that Right to Privacy is a Fundamental Right August 24, 2017 In a historic judgment, the 9 judge bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court has unanimously held that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right. This judgment was pronounced in a reference made to the 9 ...
• [Press Release] High Court permits filing of Income Tax Returns without quoting Aadhaar August 04, 2017 Kochi, 4th August 2017: Prasanth Sugathan, Legal Director at SFLC.in filed a Writ petition (W.P.(C) 26033/2017) before the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala , challenging the mandatory requirement as per Section 139AA of the amended ...