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Technical Analysis : Backend Code of Aarogya Setu
Aarogya Setu

Technical Analysis : Backend Code of Aarogya Setu

Aarogya Setu's iOS and Android side client-side code was open-sourced a couple of months back. Most recently, the backend code was made available. In this post, our team has done technical analysis of Aarogya Setu's backend code.

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SFLC.IN 1 Dec 2020 • 7 min read
Timeline of National Digital Health Mission
Government

Timeline of National Digital Health Mission

About the National Digital Health Mission

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SFLC.IN 3 Nov 2020 • 5 min read
Technological Developments During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Technological Developments During The COVID-19 Pandemic

We have been tracking the technological developments by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic. The information has been collected mostly from secondary sources, and our list is non-exhaustive in nature.

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SFLC.IN 18 Jun 2020 • 7 min read
Technical and Security Analysis of the Aarogya Setu App

Technical and Security Analysis of the Aarogya Setu App

The State and Central Governments are mandating the installation of Aarogya Setu app for government as well as private sector employees and for people in the containment zones.  Aarogya Setu

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SFLC.in 3 May 2020 • 2 min read
Time to Zoom out!
zoom

Time to Zoom out!

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the cities all over the nation has been under total lock down, all the working professionals need to work from home. In this newly adapted Work

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SFLC.IN 29 Apr 2020 • 9 min read
Our Comments on National Digital Health Blueprint
Consultation

Our Comments on National Digital Health Blueprint

On 04 August 2019, we submitted our comments on the National Digital Health Blueprint to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Our comments are available below. Executive Summary The

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SFLC.IN 7 Aug 2019 • 27 min read
Our Comments to the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 to MeitY
Law

Our Comments to the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 to MeitY

Our Comments to the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 to Meity are available here under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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SFLC.IN 12 Oct 2018 • 48 min read
Summary of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018
Simplified

Summary of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018

This is a summary of the key provisions of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 (“the Bill”/ “the Act”). The Bill has been divided into 15 Chapters. It is composed

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SFLC.IN 28 Jul 2018 • 9 min read
Brief Analysis of The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018
Law

Brief Analysis of The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018

Our short and simplified analysis of the Bill that was submitted to MeitY by Justice Srikrishna Committee

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SFLC.IN 28 Jul 2018 • 10 min read
Frequently Asked Questions
Simplified

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ's on: (1) the Right to Privacy Judgment; (2) Aadhaar - General; (3) linking Aadhaar to mobile numbers; and (4) linking Aadhaar to bank accounts.

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SFLC.IN 23 Feb 2018 • 15 min read
Our Comments on the Expert Committee's White Paper on Data Protection Framework for India
Data Protection Framework

Our Comments on the Expert Committee's White Paper on Data Protection Framework for India

Our comments to the White Paper on Data Protection Framework for India by the Committee of Experts are available here under CC-BY-SA 4.0

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SFLC.IN 1 Feb 2018 • 101 min read
White Paper on Data Protection Framework of India by Committee of Experts
Government

White Paper on Data Protection Framework of India by Committee of Experts

On 27th November 2017, the Committee of Experts on Data Protection for India chaired by former Supreme Court Judge Justice B.N Srikrishna released a White Paper on Data Protection

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SFLC.IN 27 Nov 2017 • 2 min read
Our counter-comments on the TRAI Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector
TRAI

Our counter-comments on the TRAI Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector

When TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) receives comments on a consultation paper, they publish those comments on their website and invite counter-comments from the public.

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SFLC.IN 22 Nov 2017 • 11 min read
Our comments on the TRAI Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector
TRAI

Our comments on the TRAI Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) published a Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector on 09 August 2017. TRAI invited comments from

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SFLC.IN 15 Nov 2017 • 62 min read
What's the government doing about privacy?
Government

What's the government doing about privacy?

Privacy is an actively evolving right in India under the actions of multiple organs of the government - the judiciary, the executive and the legislature. While we still do not

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SFLC.IN 6 Nov 2017 • 4 min read
Legal provisions that affect privacy
Legal provisions

Legal provisions that affect privacy

Below you can find provisions of some legislations that affect your right to privacy. This page is a work in progress. More legislations will be added here as time passes.

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SFLC.IN 6 Nov 2017 • 14 min read
Right to Privacy under UDHR and ICCPR
International

Right to Privacy under UDHR and ICCPR

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights entered into force on

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SFLC.IN 24 Oct 2017 • 2 min read
Government Expert Committee to draft Data Protection Bill
Government

Government Expert Committee to draft Data Protection Bill

Update: The Committee has released a whitepaper inviting comments by 31 January 2018. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has set up an expert committee to come up with

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SFLC.IN 12 Sep 2017 • 1 min read
Notes from Right to Privacy Hearings
Judicial Pronouncements

Notes from Right to Privacy Hearings

The question of whether or not there is a Fundamental Right to Privacy in India was referred to a nine-Judge Bench by a five-Judge Bench on 18 July 2017. The

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SFLC.IN 24 Aug 2017 • 1 min read
Mr. Baijayant Panda's Data Privacy and Protection Bill, 2017
News

Mr. Baijayant Panda's Data Privacy and Protection Bill, 2017

On Friday, 21 July 2017, Shri Baijayant Panda of Biju Janta Dal introduced a bill titled ‘The Data (Privacy and Protection) Bill, 2017’, Bill No. 100 of 2017, in the

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SFLC.IN 24 Aug 2017 • 3 min read
TRAI Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector
TRAI

TRAI Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector

On 09 August 2017, TRAI released a consultation paper titled 'Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector'. Submissions are now closed Consultation Paper

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SFLC.IN 24 Aug 2017 • 2 min read
Supreme Court upholds Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right
Judicial Pronouncements

Supreme Court upholds Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right

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

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SFLC.IN 24 Aug 2017 • 1 min read
State of Privacy in Europe and USA
International

State of Privacy in Europe and USA

European Union Upon the final creation and integration of the European Union as a conglomerate of various states, the Data Protection Directive of 1995 (Directive 95/46/EC) was passed

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SFLC.IN 24 Aug 2017 • 2 min read
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