by sflc_admin | October 9, 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 to a Right to Information application fil...
Blogs by SFLC India
by sflc_admin | October 4, 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 lack of awareness among people about rights has prompted corporations and gove...
by sflc_admin | 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 summit. The summit aimed at fin...
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by sflc_admin | 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 Extension, New Delhi -110014 nea...
by sflc_admin | 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 later, on 20th June, the orders were extende...
by sflc_admin | September 4, 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 takeaways, the impact it will have on pending Aadhaa...
by sflc_admin | September 4, 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 takeaways, the impact it will have on pending Aadhaa...
by sflc_admin | August 30, 2017 SFLC.in is holding a discussion on “ Celebrating the Right to be Let Alone” on Saturday, September 02, 2017, from 4:00-6:00 PM at the SFLC.in premises at K-9, Second Floor, Birbal Road, Jangpura Extension, New Delhi -110014 near Jangpura Metro station – Gate no 2. Dur...
by sflc_admin | 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 that citizens have a fundamental right to privacy. The nine-judge Cons...
by sflc_admin | 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 judge bench in a batch of Writ Petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme....
by sflc_admin | August 18, 2017 Today marks the completion of two months of continuous I nter net shutdown in D arjeeling, West Bengal . Two months back, on 19 th June, 2017 , mobile Internet services were blocked in the town following deaths of party supporters in violent clashes between the Gorkha...
by sflc_admin | August 12, 2017 The Internet Archive – a non-profit initiative that has been archiving online content like web pages, books, text, audio, video, images, and software since 1996 – has become one of the latest casualties in the Indian movie industry’s crusade against online piracy. As ...
by sflc_admin | August 8, 2017 The 8th Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) convened from 26 th to 29 th July, 2017 at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, with the objective of “ Ensuring an inclusive and sustainable development in AsiaPacific: A regional agenda for in...
by sflc_admin | August 4, 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 Income Tax Act, 1961 to quote Aadhaar num...
by sflc_admin | August 2, 2017 On day 6 of the hearing to decide the fate of right to privacy as a fundamental right in India, Supreme Court’s nine-judge bench in the matter of K.S Puttaswamy v. Union of India heard concluding arguments from the State (before lunch) and the Petitioners (post lunch)....
by sflc_admin | August 1, 2017 A historic nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India has been hearing arguments for and against the r ight to p rivacy in the matter of K.S Puttaswamy v. Union of India for four days ( day 1 , day 2 , day 3 , day 4 ). On the first two days of the hear...
by sflc_admin | July 27, 2017 Arguments before the nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on right to privacy (in the matter of K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India ) ran into its fourth day today. Read our previous updates from this hearing here: day 1 , day 2 , day 3 . Attorney General Mr...
by sflc_admin | July 26, 2017 Today was the third day of arguments before a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in the matter of J* ustice K.S. Puttaswamy and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. * [W.P.(C). No. 494/2012], regarding the existence of a fundamental right to privacy in India....
by sflc_admin | July 20, 2017 Today, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court continued hearing arguments on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, in connection with the matter of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. [W.P.(C). No. 494/2012] that challeng...