Linking Aadhaar with the Voter ID: Voluntary or Mandatory
The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 amends the Representation of the People Act, 1950 for authentication of existing voter IDs. The stated purpose behind the…
Protecting Consumers Online: An Overview of the ‘Endorsement Know-hows!’
The last few years have seen a rise in online advertisements by celebrities and influencers on contentious products like cryptocurrencies, NFT’s, and online gambling. Consumers…
Anonymised Data in India: Tracking the legislative development of Non-Personal Data
In December 2021 the Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 recommended inclusion of non-personal data within the framework of the…
Understanding the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022
The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 was passed in April 2022. The Bill enhances the powers of enforcement agencies regarding collection of data related to…
Defending Digital Rights : SFLC.in Assists in Challenging Ban on Apps
In the first week of May, it was widely reported that 14 applications were banned in India. These applications were blocked under Section 69A of…
SFLC.in Convergence
SFLC.in hosted ‘SFLC.in Convergence’ at the India International Center, New Delhi which consisted of panel discussions on ‘Software Patents’ and the proposed Digital India Act….
Software Patents in India: Law and Practice
In India, the legislature had the foresight to exclude business methods, computer programme per se, mathematical methods and algorithms from patentable subject matter when the…
SFLC.in files a Representation Regarding Mandate to Provide Aadhaar Details to Approach the GAC
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (‘The Ministry/MEITY’), on January 27, 2023, notified three Grievance Appellate Committees[1] (‘GAC/s’), which shall be the forum for…
CIC orders MEITY to publish information regarding VideoLAN blocking.
SFLC.in regularly files applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Act”) with respect to blocking of websites and content take down. Pursuant to…
SFLC.in’s Comments on the draft Amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 on Gaming and Fake News
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology [“MeitY”] and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting [“MIB”] on 25.02.2021, notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and…
Recommendations by SFLC.in on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022
Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in) welcomes the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 published by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government…
Internet Shutdowns In India 2022
The previous decade has witnessed an exponential increase in internet shutdowns in India with a total count of 690, out of which 110 had been…