When our bodies become data, where does that leave us?
What is the harm in linking digital wallets to India’s unique biometric ID Aadhaar? None, many people would argue. But Poornima*, a transgender activist living in a big city in north eastern India,...
View ArticleSubmission in response to the Draft Unmanned Aircraft System Rules 2020
The Internet Democracy Project welcomes the consultation by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, on the draft Unmanned Aircraft System Rules, 2020. We would like to thank you for this...
View ArticleReclaiming the person in non-personal data. Our submission in response to...
The Internet Democracy Project welcomes the consultation by the Committee of Experts under the chairmanship of K-Gopalakrishnan, set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, on the...
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The Making of Political Ads: Classification as Distraction
[This piece is written by Manuel Beltrán and Nayantara Ranganathan] In recent years, advertising hasn’t simply been about selling products and the enterprise of political persuasion, it has also led...
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“I took Allah’s name and stepped out”: Bodies, Data and Embodied Experiences...
Introduction It’s the class that jetsets that is actually carrying this [virus] from place to place and it’s our unwillingness to self-isolate that creates community infection… We will…inevitably say,...
View ArticlePolicy Brief: Data sovereignty, of whom? Limits and suitability of...
Although there is no singular articulation of data sovereignty by the Indian government, shreds of it can be found in a number of legal and policy documents as well as in statements on data and new...
View ArticleInformed Consent - Said Who? A Feminist Perspective on Principles of Consent...
Introduction In current data protection regimes around the world, consent remains one of the central mechanisms around which user rights are operationalised. At the same time, however, and despite this...
View ArticleProtecting Bodies and Rights in Disease Surveillance during COVID-19 in...
Key message Surveillance is increasing control over bodies of individuals, and the framework of data as a resource is facilitating this control, as illustrated here through the case of COVID-19 in...
View ArticleWhat’s sex got to do with it? Mapping the impact of questions of gender and...
Introduction Control over women’s sexuality is the key patriarchal assumption that underlies family and marriage … But, in adjudicating on the rights of women, the Court is not taking on a...
View ArticleInformed Consent - Said Who? A Feminist Perspective on Principles of Consent...
Context Despite the centrality of consent in data protection regimes, criticisms of consent regimes are on the rise. Weaknesses of current consent regimes are believed to vary from cognitive or...
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