Unlawful Expansion of Internet Shutdown Powers in India
The suspension of internet services in India has become a recurring issue, often imposed under the guise of maintaining public order and security. The legal…
Beyond Safe Harbor: The Rise of Personal Liability in Platform Regulation
In recent times, online platform owners and representatives have faced personal liability for user generated content, be it the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov…
DPDP Rules, 2025: Significant Data Fiduciaries and Data Transfers
Background The Government of India passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act, 2023”) on 11th August 2023. This followed seven years of…
SFLC.in’s Comments on the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025
On 3rd January 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“draft Rules”) and invited…
Video: Menstruapps and Data Privacy concerns
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2025, we discussed the most widely used menstrual tracking apps in India and released the detailed analysis “Menstruapps:…
Menstruapps: Tracking Your Cycle or Tracking You?
You downloaded a menstruation app to track your cycle, maybe to predict your period, monitor your fertility, or simply to understand your body better. Menstruation…
SFLC.IN CHALLENGES RULE 16 OF THE BLOCKING RULES 2009 IN THE SUPREME COURT
The Hon’ble Supreme Court was pleased to issue notice to the Union of India on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Software Freedom…
SFLC.in’s Recommendations on Report on AI Governance Guidelines Development
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) published a report on ‘AI Governance and Guidelines Development’ (the “Report”) on 6th January 2025. The Report…
SFLC.in’s Guide on Search and Seizure of Electronic Devices
SFLC.in launched the Guide on Search and Seizure of Electronic Devices, a toolkit that aims to educate people. In the recent past, there have been…
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…