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Fair
Digital
Economy:
Protecting
Privacy,
Empowering Indians.”
20.12.2018
The Central Government notified ten (10) security and
intelligence agencies to carry out the interception,
monitoring and decryption activities. The agencies
included the Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of
Investigation, and the Cabinet Secretariat (Research &
Analysis Wing) that are beyond parliamentary or
scrutiny or statutory oversight.
28.12.2018
The Petitioner-Trust, through its Executive Director,
has sent queries Respondent No. 2 under the Right to
Information Act, 2005, seeking a wide array of
information relating to authorizations issued under
Section 69 of the IT Act and Rules thereunder. The
replies will shed further light on the current state of
electronic surveillance in India.
08.01.2019
Hence, the present Writ Petition.