Catergory

police

Strike three: Telangana Police network’s slew of data breaches spell trouble for personal citizen data

The Telangana police network was hit by three data breaches within one week, which not only exposed sensitive personal data of Telangana residents, but also prompted investigation into the police’s alarming potential data collection practices such as tapping into hotel visitor logs.

12 June, 2024

9 min read

Disha Verma

Project Panoptic

Why a massive leak in Tamil Nadu Police’s FRT database must herald the end of police use of surveillance technologies

On May 4, 2024, a massive leak of 8 lakh data points in Tamil Nadu Police’s FRT portal exposed the facial and personal data of about 50,000 accused or suspected persons, linked with details of their FIRs and alleged crimes. It’s time to #BanTheScan.

17 May, 2024

11 min read

Disha Verma

FRT

Featured

CIC directs Delhi Police to respond afresh to IFF's RTIs seeking information on use of FRT in policing

Second Appeals before CIC in three RTIs before Delhi Police seeking information on their use of FRT were heard on 29.06.22. Delhi Police were directed by CIC to respond afresh to the RTIs, in compliance with the RTI Act.

06 July, 2022

5 min read

Amala Dasarathi

hyderabad

Featured

IFF assisted in sending a legal notice to the Hyderabad Police Commissioner regarding search of mobile phones for keywords such as ‘ganja’

We assisted in drafting a legal notice to the Hyderabad Police, when we learned that it is stopping random passers-by on the roads, and going through their phones. News videos clearly showed police personnel asking people to unlock their phones and hand it over to police officials.

29 October, 2021

4 min read

Tanmay Singh

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