The article was originally published in The Quint. Read here. “What happened to that?” As heated arguments on the Pegasus snooping issue flew back and forth in the Supreme Court on Monday, 13 September, senior advocate Kapil Sibal asked a pertinent question. He had been trying to establish to the judges how even the union government had acknowledged…
The article was originally published in The Quint. Read here. It is now official what privacy activists have long been worried about. Responses to RTI queries reveal that the Government of India has failed to implement measures to safeguard and secure data of millions of Indians collected by the controversial COVID-19 tracing app, Aarogya Setu. Two days after…
The article was originally published in The Quint. Read here. Many pandemics-related RTI appeals, including those filed under ‘threat to life & liberty’ aren’t being prioritised. The Modi government has ‘gagged’ the Parliament from asking questions during the upcoming Monsoon Session. Though, after a massive hue and cry, it has allowed unstarred questions (which can be answered…