Our faces are not data points! In light of various government departments enforcing Aadhaar biometric & facial recognition-enabled attendance systems across the country, we wrote National Medical Commission, India, Transport Department (Govt. of NCT of Delhi), and Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi outlining glaring privacy harms. 1/7
Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)
Privacy marked absent? IFF writes to government departments against their use of Aadhaar biometric and facial recognition enabled attendance systems
Indian government agencies are enforcing Aadhaar enabled biometric and face scans for recording attendance. IFF wrote to National Medical Commissio...
In a Big Win for Free Speech, Bombay HC struck down the fact-checking amendment to the #ITRules as “unconstitutional”! IFF provided legal assistance to one of the Petitioners in the matter. We hope this is one of many Ws for our digital rights! 🧵1/10
Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)
IT (Amendment) Rules, 2023 struck down by the Bombay High Court!
On September 26, 2024, the Bombay High Court's Division Bench delivered its final verdict striking down the IT (Amendment) Rules, 2023, as unconsti...