SFLC.in releases Internet Shutdown Report 2023-2024
India continues to lead as the internet shutdown capital of the world, with authorities often imposing blackouts citing reasons like maintaining law and order, curbing…
Data Principal Rights Under India’s Draft DPDP Rules: An Illusion or Reality?
The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (“Draft DPDP Rules”) provides the implementation framework to streamline the exercise of Data Principal rights as accorded in…
Draft DPDP Rules 2025: Consent to Facilitate Data Processing or to Safeguard Data Privacy?
On 3rd January 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (Draft DPDP Rules 2025) while…
Data Protection Board of India: A watchdog without teeth
After a gap of almost one and a half years since the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “Act”) was published…
SFLC.in Urges NTA to Ensure Voluntary APAAR ID Enrollment for NEET (UG) 2025, Advocating for Inclusivity and Accessibility
SFLC.in wrote a letter to National Testing Agency highlighting the concerns regarding the Public Notice issued by the National Testing Agency (NTA) dated 14th January…
APAAR ID is Voluntary: Get Your Template to Raise Concerns
Reminder: APAAR ID is Voluntary, Not Mandatory! Is your educational institution insisting that you or your child must create an APAAR ID? We’d like to…
Snapshot of the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, enacted by the Parliament of India on August 11, 2023,1 marked a pivotal step in the country’s journey…
SFLC.in organised “AI in Focus: Navigating Risk, Regulation and Responsibility”
Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in) hosted the event, “AI in Focus: Navigating Risk, Regulation and Responsibility,” to discuss the potential of artificial intelligence (AI)…
APAAR ID: One Nation, One Student ID! What About Privacy?
Background: The acronym APAAR has been making the rounds since October 2023 in the news and academic circles and civil society organizations. APAAR stands for…
SFLC.in at 6th Digital Citizen Summit 2024, by the Digital Empowerment Foundation
On November 15th and 16th, 2024, Nilay Shah and Syed Mohammad Haroon, Volunteer Counsels and Vignesh, Technologist at SFLC.in, attended the 6th Digital Citizen Summit…
AI in Focus: Navigating Risk, Regulation, and Responsibility on November 25th, 2024
Team SFLC.in is organising an event on “AI in Focus: Navigating Risk, Regulation, and Responsibility” on November 25th, 2024, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi….
SFLC.in writes to CERT-in regarding the data breaches of Star Health and Allied Insurance, and DotPe.
Software Freedom Law Centre, India (SFLC.in) wrote to CERT-in regarding the data breaches of Star Health and Allied Insurance, and DotPe. SFLC.in urges CERT-In to…