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The Pegasus Hack–II: Secrecy for Snooping in Public Procurement?


The Pegasus Hack–II: Secrecy for Snooping in Public Procurement?
By Gunjan Chawla
The recent revelation of the Pegasus hacks has re-ignited public discourse on privacy, surveillance, and intelligence reform. As the proposed Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 makes wide exemptions to military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies for the collection and processing of citizens’ data, data protection laws in their current form will be limited in their potential to enforce meaningful procedural safeguards and oversight of State surveillance.
Although these conversations are not new, we must continue to have them. At the same time, it is important not to miss the forest of State-run cyber-surveillance programmes for the sprawling branches of the Pegasus tree.  That the global cyber-surveillance industry thrives on State secrecy – is no secret. ....

Gunjan Chawla , Ram Manohar Lohia , Manohar Lal Sharma , Supreme Court , Centre For Communication Governance , National Security , Ministry Of Defence , Ministry Department , Personal Data Protection Bill , Pegasus Hack , Communication Governance , Public Procurements , General Financial Rules , Financial Advisor , Financial Advisors , Finance Ministry , Damodardas Modi , Rafale Case , Indian Evidence Act , துப்பாக்கி சாவ்லா , ரேம் மனோகர் லோஹியா , மனோகர் லால் ஷர்மா , உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் , மையம் க்கு தொடர்பு ஆளுகை , தேசிய பாதுகாப்பு , அமைச்சகம் ஆஃப் பாதுகாப்பு ,

Agenda and Reading List: IT Rules 2021 and Intermediaries; Apr 23 #Ad


Rakesh Maheshwari, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Key references
The Information Technology Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment), 2018 [download]
IT Rules 2011 [read]
Shreya Singhal Judgment: [read]
Summary of the IT Rules
Intermediaries And Social Media Platforms [read]
Digital News Publishing [read]
OTT Streaming Services [read]
Key developments
Unblocking of handles: IT Ministry notice to Twitter warns of consequences [Read]
CEO Will Cathcart says WhatsApp hopes to find solution to traceability without breaking encryption [read]
India’s FOSS community files plea in Kerala High Court against IT Rules, challenges traceability mandate [read]
Opinion/Analysis Pieces
The Case of the Online Intermediary by Chinmayi Arun [Read] ....

Chinmayi Arun , Debayan Gupta , Rakesh Maheshwari , Udbhav Tiwari , Raman Chima , Sena Priyanka Chaturvedi , Rajeev Chandrasekhar , Yash Kadakia , Tejasvi Surya , Gunjan Chawla , Mozilla Udbhav Tiwari , Nikhil Pahwa , Harshitha Thimmaiah , Urvashi Aneja , Ministry Of Electronics Information Technology , It Ministry , Kerala High Court , Global Network Initiative , Ashoka University , Tandem Research , Internet Society , Responses To New Information Technology , Information Technology , Information Technology Intermediaries Guidelines Amendment , Information Technology Intermediary Guidelines , Information Technology Rules ,

Chinese ops target India's energy infra


Chinese ops target India’s energy infra
HT Correspondent, New Delhi,Mumbai
© Provided by Hindustan Times
In Maharashtra, however, state home minister Anil Deshmukh separately said on Monday the state police suspects a cyber attack to be the reason for the power cut in Mumbai. (Parveen Kumar/HT file photo)
Chinese-government linked attackers possibly gained access to computer networks part of India’s power infrastructure, a US-based cybersecurity firm has said, citing technical clues that federal power ministry officials separately said had been on their radar, fuelling speculation that a blackout in Mumbai last year may have been the result of sabotage. ....

India General , Anil Deshmukh , Gunjan Chawla , Centre For Communication Governance , National Law University Delhi , Insikt Group , Power System Operation Corporation , Hindustan Times In Maharashtra , New York Times , Recorded Future , Shadowpad Incidents , Power System Operation Corporation Limited , Maharashtra State Electricity Board , Communication Governance , National Law University , இந்தியா ஜநரல் , அனில் தேஷ்முக்ஹ் , துப்பாக்கி சாவ்லா , மையம் க்கு தொடர்பு ஆளுகை , தேசிய சட்டம் பல்கலைக்கழகம் டெல்ஹி , பவர் அமைப்பு செயல்பாடு நிறுவனம் , ஹிந்துஸ்தான் முறை இல் மகாராஷ்டிரா , புதியது யார்க் முறை , பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டது எதிர்கால , பவர் அமைப்பு செயல்பாடு நிறுவனம் வரையறுக்கப்பட்டவை , மகாராஷ்டிரா நிலை மின்சாரம் பலகை ,