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facial recognition

aadhaar

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 Commission, Delhi Transport and Education Depts, and the BCI, urging them to roll back the plan.
30 September, 2024
8 min read
Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka & Disha VermaDisha Verma
elections

NIC withdraws polling station surveillance tender: A small win for voter rights #VoterPrivacyWatch

Following IFF's letter to the ECI raising concerns over NIC's tender for deploying drones and facial recognition technologies at polling stations in the 2024 elections, ECI directed NIC to withdraw the tender, noting risks to voter privacy.
22 January, 2024
3 min read
Disha VermaDisha Verma
FRT

Madras HC issues notice on petition challenging use of FRT in Tamil Nadu

Madras High Court has issued notice in a petition challenging the installation and deployment of Facial Recognition Technology (“FRT”) across the State.
21 August, 2023
6 min read
Gayatri MalhotraGayatri Malhotra
facial recognition

We wrote to the Election Commissioner of India on the use of Facial Recognition Technology for voter verification in Karnataka

We asked them to immediately cease the use in light of the potential harms it may cause.
13 May, 2023
2 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
Project Panoptic

We wrote to the Ministry of Civil Aviation urging them to stop the DigiYatra Scheme

We wrote to the Ministry of Civil Aviation urging them to immediately cease the DigiYatra Scheme and to ensure that passengers are not inconvenienced due to exclusion cause by the Scheme.
12 April, 2023
4 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
Project Panoptic

Statement on IFF's Panoptic Bengaluru report

IFF's Panoptic Bengaluru maps the growing surveillance in the city of Bengaluru
20 February, 2023
2 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
facial recognition

Planning to use Digiyatra? Read this first!

Read our explainer on the DigiYatra Scheme's Privacy Policy.
14 February, 2023
7 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
facial recognition

Read our response to the Niti Aayog's draft discussion paper on facial recognition technology

In our response, we highlight certain policy and implementation issues that will arise from the use of facial recognition technology and suggest recommendations to resolve these issues.
12 December, 2022
8 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
PrivacyofThePeople

#PrivacyofthePeople: The boom of facial recognition technology in private spaces

The unregulated use of facial recognition by private actors in India is increasing for the sake of convenience. Read this post to understand why sacrificing privacy for convenience is harmful in the long run.
31 August, 2022
4 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
facial recognition

Delhi Police's claims that FRT is accurate with a 80% match are 100% scary

RTI responses reveal that the Delhi Police is treating 80% accurate FRT matches as positive results. Read our analysis on how this will lead to severe rights violations.
17 August, 2022
3 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain

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