[September 23-30] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Gunjan Chawla

The deadline to link PAN cards with Aadhaar was extended to December 31 this week; the Election Commission ruled that voting rights of those excluded in the NRC process remain unaffected; the Home Minister proposed a digital census with multipurpose ID cards for 2021; and 27 nations including the US, UK and Canada issued joint statement urging for a rules-based order in cyberspace – presenting this week’s most important developments in law, technology and national security.

Aadhaar and Digital IDs

[Sep 23] Home Minister announces digital census in 2021, proposed multipurpose ID card, Entrackr report; Business Today report.
[Sep 24] NRIs can now apply for Aadhaar on arrival without 182-day wait, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 24] Aadhaar will be linked to driving license to avoid forgery: Ravi Shankar Prasad, The Indian Express report.
[Sep 24] One nation, one card? Amit Shah floats idea of all-in-one ID; here are all the problems with that idea, Medianama report; Money Control report.
[Sep 24] Explained: Is India likely to have a multipurpose national ID card? The Indian Express report.
[Sep 24] UIDAI nod to ‘voluntary’ use of Aadhaar for National Population Register rollout, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 24] Govt must decide on Aadhaar-social media linkage:SC, Deccan Herald report.
[Sep 25] New law needed for Aadhaar-social media linkage: UIDAI, The Economic Times report; Inc42 report.
[Sep 26] NPR process to include passport, voter ID, Aadhaar and other details, Business Standard report.
[Sep 27] Gang involved in making fake Aadhaar cards busted, The Tribune report.
[Sep 27] What will happen if you don’t link your PAN card with Aadhaar by Sep 20, The Quint report.
[Sep 27] Explained: The National Population Register, and the controversy around it, The Indian Express report.
[Sep 27] Aadhaar to weed out bogus social security beneficiaries in Karnataka, Deccan Herald report.
[Sep 29] Bajrang Dal wants Aadhaar mandatory at dandiya to keep ‘non-Hindus’ out, The Hindustan Times report; The Wire report.
[Sep 30] Kerala urges Centre to extend deadline to link ration cards with Aadhaar, The News Minute report.
[Sep 30] PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline extended to December 31, The Economic Times report.

Digital India

[Sep 25] India’s regulatory approach should focus on the regulation of the ‘core’: IAMAI, Livemint report.
[Sep 27] India may have to offer sops to boost electronic manufacturing, ET Tech report; Inc42 report.
[Sep 27] Digital India, start-ups are priorities for $5 trillion economy: PM Modi, Medianama report.
[Sep 29] Tech giants aim to skill Indian govt officials in AI, cloud, ET CIO report.
[Sep 29] India’s share in IT, R&D biz up in 2 years: report, The Economic Times report.

Internet Governance

[Sep 24] Supreme Court to MeitY: What’s the status of intermediary guidelines? Tell us by Oct 15, Medianama report.
[Sep 26] Will not be ‘excessive’ with social media rules, ay Govt officials, Inc42 report.
[Sep 26] Government trying to balance privacy and security in draft IT intermediary norms, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 27] Citizens, tech companies served better with some regulation: Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan, ET Tech report; Inc42 report.
[Sep 27] Balance benefits of internet, data security: Google CEO Sundar Pichai, ET Tech report; Business Today report.

Free Speech

[Sep 25] Jadavpur University calls upon ‘stakeholders’ to ensure free speech on campus, The New Indian Express report.
[Sep 28] RSS raises objections to uncensored content of Maoj Bajpayee’s “The Family Man”, The Hindu report; Outlook report.

Privacy and Data Protection

[Sep 23] A landmark decision on Tuesday could radically reshape how Google’s search results work, Business Insider report.
[Sep 23] Google tightens its voice assistant rules amidst privacy backlash, Wired report.
[Sep 24] Dell rolls out new data protection storage appliances and capabilities, ZDNet report.
[Sep 24] ‘Right to be forgotten’ privacy rule is limited by Europe’s top court, The New York Times report; Live Law report.
[Sep 27] Nigeria launches investigation into Truecaller for potential breach of privacy, Medianama report.
[Sep 29] Right to be forgotten will be arduous as India frames data protection law, Business Standard report.
[Sep 30] FPIs move against data bill, seek exemption, ET Telecom report; Entrackr report.

Data Localisation

[Sep 26] Reconsider imposition of data localisation: IAMAI report, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 27] Why data is not oil: Here’s how India’s data localisation norms will hurt the economy, Inc42 report.

Digital Payments and Fintech

[Sep 23] RBI rider on credit bureau data access has Fintech in a quandary, ET Tech report.

Cryptocurrencies

[Sep 23] Facebook reveals Libra currency basket breakdown, Coin Desk report.
[Sep 23] The face of India’s crypto lobby readies for a clash, Ozy report.
[Sep 23] Why has Brazil’s Central Bank included crypto assets in trade balance? Coin Telegraph report.
[Sep 24] French retailers widening crypto acceptance, Tech Xplore report.
[Sep 26] Why crypto hoaxes are so successful, Quartz report.
[Sep 26] South Africa: the net frontier for crypto exchanges, Coin Telegraph report.
[Sep 27] The crypto wars’ strange bedfellows, Forbes report.
[Sep 28] Crypto industry is already preparing for Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’, Decrypt report.
[Sep 29] How crypto gambling is regulated around the world, Coin Telegraph report.

Tech and Law Enforcement

[Sep 29] New WhatsApp and Facebook Encryption ‘Backdoors’ – What’s really going on, Forbes report.
[Sep 28] Facebook, WhatsApp will have to share messages with UK Government, Bloomberg report.
[Sep 23] Secret FBI subpoenas scoop up personal data from scores of companies, The New York Times report.
[Sep 23] ‘Don’t transfer the WhatsApp traceability case’, Internet Freedom Foundation asks Supreme Court, Medianama report.
[Sep 24] China offers free subway rides to citizens who register their face with surveillance system, The Independent report.
[Sep 24] Facial recognition technology in public housing prompts backlash, The New York Times report.
[Sep 24] Facebook-Aadhaar linkage and WhatsApp traceability: Supreme Court says government must frame rules, CNBC TV18 report.
[ep 27] Fashion that counters surveillance cameras, Business Times report.
[Sep 27] Unnao rape case: Delhi court directs Apple to give Sengar’s location details on day of alleged rape, Medianama report.
[Sep 27] Face masks to decoy t-shirts: the rise of anti-surveillance fashion, Times of India report.
[Sep 30] Battle for privacy and encryption: WhatsApp and government head for a showdown on access to messages, ET Prime report.
[Sep 29] Improving digital evidence sharing, Scottish Government news report; Public technology report.

Internal Security: J&K

[Sep 23] Government launches internet facilitation centre in Pulwama for students, Times of India report; Business Standard report.
[Sep 23] Army chief rejects ‘clampdown’ in Jammu and Kashmir, Times of India report.
[Sep 24] Rising power: Why India has faced muted criticism over its Kashmir policy, Business Standard report.
[Sep 24] ‘Restore Article 370, 35A in Jammu and Kashmir, withdraw army, paramilitary forces’: 5-member women’s group will submit demands to Amit Shah, Firstpost report.
[Sep 24] No normalcy in Kashmir, says fact finding team, The Hindu report.
[Sep 25] End clampdown: Kashmir media, The Telegraph report.
[Sep 25] Resolve Kashmir issue through dialogue and not through collision: Erdogan, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 25] Rajya Sabha deputy chair thwarts Pakistan’s attempt at Kashmir at Eurasian Conference, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 25] Pakistan leader will urge UN intervention in Kashmir, The New York Times report.
[Sep 25] NSA Ajit Doval back in Srinagar to review security situation, The Hindustan Times report.
[Sep 27] Communication curbs add fresh challenge to Kashmir counter-insurgency operations, News18 report.
[Sep 27] Fresh restrictions in parts of Kashmir, The Hindu report.
[Sep 27] US wants ‘rapid’ easing of Kashmir restrictions, Times of India report.
[Sep 27] Kashmir issue: Rescind action on Art. 370, OIC tells India, The Hindu report.
[Sep 28] India objects to China’s reference to J&K and Ladakh at UNGA, The Economic Times report; The Hindu report.
[Sep 29] Surveillance, area domination operations intensified in Kashmir, The Economic Times report; Financial Express report.
[Sep 29] Police impose restrictions in J&K after Imran Khan’s speech at UNGA, India Today report.

Internal Security: NRC and the North-East

[Sep 23] Assam framing cyber security policy to secure data related to NRC, police, services, The Economic Times report; Money Control report.
[Sep 24] BJP will tell SC that we reject this NRC, says Himanta Biswa Sarma, Business Standard report.
[Sep 24] Amit Shah to speak on NRC, Citizenship Amendment Bill in Kolkata on Oct 1, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 26] ‘Expensive’ legal battle for those rejected in Assam NRC final list, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 27] Scared of NRC? Come back in 2022, The Telegraph report.
[Sep 27] Voters left out of NRC will have right to vote, rules Election Commission, India Today report; The Wire report.
[Sep 27] NRC: Assam government announces 200 Foreigners Tribunals in 33 districts, Times Now report; Times of India report.
[Sep 28] Judge urges new FT members to examine NRC claims with utmost care, Times of India report.

National Security Legislation

[Sep 23] Centre will reintroduce Citizenship Bill in Parliament: Himanta Biswa Sarma, The Hindu report.
[Sep 26] National Security Guard: History, Functions and Operations, Jagran Josh report.
[Sep 28] Left parties seek revocation of decision on Article 370, The Tribune India report.

Tech and National Security

[Sep 25] Army to start using Artificial Intelligence in 2-3 years: South Western Army commander, The Print report; India Today report; The New Indian Express report; Financial Express report.
[Sep 23] Modi, Trump set new course on terrorism, border security, The Hindu report.
[Sep 23] PM Modi in the US” Trump promises more defence deals with India, military trade to go up, Financial Express report.
[Sep 23] Punjab police bust terror module supplied with weapons by drones from Pak, NDTV report.
[Sep 26] Lockheed Martin to begin supplying F-16 wings from Hyderabad plant in 2020, Livemint report.
[Sep 26] Drones used for cross-border arms infiltration in Punjab a national security issues, says Randhawa, The Hindu report.
[Sep 27] UK MoD sets up cyber team for secure innovation, UK Authority report.
[Sep 29] New tri-services special ops division, meant for surgical strikes, finishes first exercise today, The Print report.
[Sep 30] After Saudi attacks, India developing anti-drone technology to counter drone menace, Eurasian Times report.

Tech and Elections

[Sep 20] Microsoft will offer free Windows 7 support for US election officials through 2020, Cyber Scoop report.
[Sep 26] Social media platforms to follow ‘code of ethics’ in all future elections: EC, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 28] Why is EC not making ‘authentic’ 2019 Lok Sabha results public? The Quint report.

Cybersecurity

[Sep 24] Androids and iPhones hacked with just one WhatsApp click – and Tibetans are under attack, Forbes report.
[Sep 25] Sharp questions can help board oversee cybersecurity, The Wall Street Journal report.
[Sep 25] What we know about CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm trump mentioned in Ukraine call, and its billionaire CEO, Forbes report.
[Sep 25] 36% smaller firms witnessed data breaches in 2019 globally, ET Rise report.
[Sep 28] Defence Construction Canada hit by cyber attack – corporation’s team trying to restore full IT capability, Ottawa Citizen report.
[Sep 29] Experts call for collective efforts to counter cyber threats, The New Indian Express report.
[Sep 29] Microsoft spots malware that turns PCs into zombie proxies, ET Telecom report.
[Sep 29] US steps up scrutiny of airplane cybersecurity, The Wall Street Journal report.

Cyberwarfare

[Sep 24] 27 countries sign cybersecurity pledge urging rules-based control over cyberspace in Joint Statement, with digs at China and Russia, CNN report; IT world Canada report; Meri Talk report.
[Sep 26] Cyber Peace Institute fills a critical need for cyber attack victims, Microsoft blog.
[Sep 29] Britain is ‘at war every day’ due to constant cyber attacks, Chief of the Defence Staff says, The Telegraph report.

Telecom and 5G

[Sep 27] Telcos’ IT investments intact, auto companies may slow pace: IBM exec, ET Tech report.
[Sep 29] Telecom players to lead digital transformation in India, BW Businessworld report.

More on Huawei

[Sep 22] Huawei confirms another nasty surprise for Mate 30 buyers, Forbes report.
[Sep 23] We’re on the same page with government on security: Huawei, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 24] The debate around 5G’s safety is getting in the way of science, Quartz report (paywall).
[Sep 24] Govt will take call on Huawei with national interest in mind: Telecom Secy, Business Standard report.
[Sep 24] Huawei enables 5G smart travel system at Beijing airport, Tech Radar report.
[Sep 25] Huawei 5G backdoor entry unproven, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 25] US prepares $1 bn fund to replace Huawei ban kit, Tech Radar report.
[Sep 26] Google releases large dataset of deepfakes for researchers, Medianama report.
[Sep 26] Huawei willing to license 5G technology to a US firm, The Hindu Business Line report; Business Standard report.
[Sep 26] Southeast Asia’s top phone carrier still open to Huawei 5G, Bloomberg report.
[Sep 29] Russia rolls out the red carpet for Huawei over 5G, The Economic Times report.

Emerging Tech and AI

[Sep 20] Google researchers have reportedly achieved “Quantum Supremacy”, Financial Times report; MIT Technology Review report.
[Sep 23] Artificial Intelligence revolution in healthcare in India: All we need to know, The Hindustan Times report.
[Sep 23] A new joystick for the brain-controlled vehicles of the future, Defense One report.
[Sep 24] Computing and AI: Humanistic Perspectives from MIT, MIT News report.
[Sep 24] Emerging technologies such as AI, 5G posing threats to privacy, says report, China Daily report.
[Sep 25] Alibaba unveils chip developed for artificial intelligence era, Financial Times report.
[Sep 26] Pentagon wants AI to interpret ‘strategic activity around the globe, Defense One report.
[Sep 27] Only 10 jobs created for every 100 jobs taken away by AI, ET Tech report.
[Sep 27] Experts say these emerging technologies should concern us, Business Insider report.
[Sep 27] What is on the horizon for export controls on ‘emerging technologies’? Industry comments may hold a clue, Modaq.com report.
[Sep 27] India can become world leader in artificial intelligence: Vishal Sikka, Money Control report.
[Sep 27] Elon Musk issues a terrifying prediction of ‘AI robot swarms’ and huge threat to mankind, The Daily Express (UK) report.
[Sep 27] Russia’s national AI Centre is taking shape, Defense One report.
[Sep 29] Explained: What is ‘quantum supremacy’, The Hindu report.
[Sep 29] Why are scientists so excited about a new quantum computing milestone?, Scroll.in report.
[Sep 29] Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem – just ask Siri, The Wire report.
[Sep 29] How AI is changing the landscape of digital marketing, Inc42 report.

Opinions and Analyses

[Sep 21] Wim Zijnenburg, Defense One, Time to Harden International Norms on Armed Drones.
[Sep 23] David Sanger and Julian Barnes, The New York Times, The urgent search for a cyber silver bullet against Iran.
[Sep 23] Neven Ahmad, PRIO Blog, The EU’s response to the drone age: A united sky.
[Sep 23] Bisajit Dhar and KS Chalapati Rao, The Wire, Why an India-US Free Trade Agreement would require New Delhi to reorient key policies.
[Sep 23] Filip Cotfas, Money Control, Five reasons why data loss prevention has to be taken seriously.
[Sep 23] NF Mendoza, Tech Republic, 10 policy principles needed for artificial intelligence.
[Sep 24] Ali Ahmed, News Click, Are Indian armed forces turning partisan? : The changing civil-military relationship needs monitoring.
[Sep 24] Editorial, Deccan Herald, A polity drunk on Aadhaar.
[Sep 24] Mike Loukides, Quartz, The biggest problem with social media has nothing to do with free speech.
[Sep 24] Ananth Padmanabhan, Medianama, Civilian Drones: Privacy challenges and potential resolution.
[Sep 24] Celine Herwijer and Dominic Kailash Nath Waughray, World Economic Forum, How technology can fast-track the global goals.
[Sep 24] S. Jaishankar, Financial Times, Changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir will benefit all of India.
[Sep 24] Editorial, Livemint, Aadhaar Mark 2.
[Sep 24] Vishal Chawla, Analytics India Magazine, AI in Defence: How Indi compares to US, China, Russia and South Korea.
[Sep 25] Craig Borysowich, IT Toolbox, Origin of Markets for Artificial Intelligence.
[Sep 25] Sudeep Chakravarti, Livemint, After Assam, NRC troubles may visit ‘sister’ Tripura.
[Sep 25] DH Kass, MSSP Blog, Cyber Warfare: New Rules of Engagement?
[Sep 25] Chris Roberts, Observer, How artificial intelligence could make nuclear war more likely.
[Sep 25] Ken Tola, Forbes, What is cybersecurity?
[Sep 25] William Dixon and Jamil Farshchi, World Economic Forum, AI is transforming cybercrime. Here’s how we can fight back.
[Sep 25] Patrick Tucker, Defense One, Big Tech bulks up its anti-extremism group. But will it do more than talk?
[Sep 26] Udbhav Tiwari, Huffpost India, Despite last year’s Aadhaar judgement, Indians have less privacy than ever.
[Sep 26] Sylvia Mishra, Medianama, India and the United States: The time has come to collaborate on commercial drones.
[Sep 26] Subimal Bhattacharjee, The Hindu Business Line, Data flows and our national security interests.
[Sep 26] Ram Sagar, Analytics India Magazine, Top countries that are betting big on AI-based surveillance.
[Sep 26] Patrick Tucker, Defense One, AI will tell future medics who lives and who dies on the battlefield.
[Sep 26] Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review, This is how AI bias really happens – and why it’s so hard to fix.
[Sep 27] AG Noorani, Frontline, Kashmir dispute: Domestic or world issue?
[Sep 27] Sishanta Talukdar, Frontline, Final NRC list: List of exclusion.
[Sep 27] Freddie Stuart, Open Democracy, How facial recognition technology is bringing surveillance capitalism to our streets.
[Sep 27] Paul de Havilland, Crypto Briefing, Did Bitcoin crash or dip? Crypto’s trajectory moving forward.
[Sep 28] John Naughton, The Guardian, Will advances in quantum computing affect internet security?
[Sep 28] Suhrith Parthasarathy, The Hindu, The top court and a grave of freedom.
[Sep 28] Kazim Rizvi, YourStory, Data Protection Authority: the cornerstone to implement data privacy.
[Sep 28] Shekhar Gupta, The Print, Modi has convinced the world that Kashmir is India’s internal affair – but they’re still watching.
[Sep 29] Indrani Bagchi, The Economic Times, Why india needs to tread carefully on Kashmir.
[Sep 29] Medha Dutta Yadav, The New Indian Express, Data: Brave new frontier.
[Sep 29] Jon Markman, Forbes, New cybersecurity companies have their heads in the cloud.
[Sep 29] Editorial, The New York Times, On cybersecurity: Two scoops of perspective.
[Sep 30] Kuldip Singh, The Quint, New IAF Chief’s appointment: Why RKS Bhadauria must tread lightly.
[Sep 30] Karishma Koshal, The Caravan, With the data-protection bill in limbo, these policies contravene the right to privacy.

[September 2-9] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Gunjan Chawla

This week, Delhi International Airport deployed facial recognition on a ‘trial basis’ for 3 months, landline communications were restored in Kashmir as the Government mulls over certification for online video streaming platforms like Netflix and PrimeVideo – presenting this week’s most important developments in law, tech and national security.

Aadhaar

[Sep 3] PAN will be issued automatically using Aadhaar for filing returns: CBDT, DD News report.
[Sep 3] BJD set to collect Aadhaar numbers of its members in Odisha, Opposition parties slam move, News 18 report; The New Indian Express report; Financial Express report.
[Sep 5] Aadhaar is secure, says ex-UIDAI chief, Times of India report.
[Sep 5] Passport-like Aadhaar centre opened in Chennai: Online appointment booking starts, Livemint report.
[Sep 8] Plans to link Janani Suraksha and Matra Vandan schemes with Aadhaar: CM Yogi Adityanath, Times of India report.

Digital India

[Sep 5] Digital media bodies welcome 26% FDI cap, Times of India report.
[Sep 6] Automation ‘not threat’ to India’s IT industry, ET Tech report.
[Sep 6] Tech Mahindra to modernise AT&T network systems, Tech Circle report.

Data Protection and Governance

[Sep 2] Health data comes under the purview of Data Protection Bill: IAMAI, Inc42 report.
[Sep 2] Credit history should not be viewed as sensitive data, say online lenders, Livemint report.
[Sep 3] MeitY may come up with policy on regulation of non-personal data, Medianama report.
[Sep 3] MeitY to work on a white paper to gain clarity on public data regulations, Inc42 report.
[Sep 6] Treating data as commons is more beneficial, says UN report, Medianama report.
[Sep 9] Indian Government may allow companies to sell non-personal data of its users, Inc42 report, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 9] Tech firms may be compelled to share public data of its users, ET Tech report.

Data Privacy and Breaches

[Sep 2] Chinese face-swap app Zao faces backlash over user data protection, KrAsia report; Medianama report.
[Sep 2] Study finds Big Data eliminates confidentiality in court judgments, Swiss Info report.
[Sep 4] YouTube will pay $170 million to settle claims it violated child privacy laws, CNBC report; FTC Press Release.
[Sep 4] Facebook will now let people opt-out of its face recognition feature, Medianama report.
[Sep 4] Mental health websites in Europe found sharing user data for ads, Tech Crunch report.
[Sep 5] A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online, Tech Crunch report.
[Sep 5] Twitter has temporarily disabled tweet to SMS feature, Medianama report.
[Sep 6] Fake apps a trap to track your device and crucial data, ET Tech report.
[Sep 6] 419 million Facebook users phone numbers leaked online, ET Tech report; Medianama report.
[Sep 9] Community social media platform, LocalCircles, highlights data misuse worries, The Economic Times report.

Free Speech

[Sep 7] Freedom of expression is not absolute: PCI Chairman, The Hindu report.
[Sep 7] Chennai: Another IAS officer resign over ‘freedom of expression’, Deccan Chronicle report.
[Sep 8] Justice Deepak Gupta: Law on sedition needs to be toned down if not abolished, The Wire report.

Online Content Regulation

[Sep 3] Government plans certification for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Other OTT Platforms, Inc42 report.
[Sep 4] Why Justice for Rights went to court, asking for online content to be regulated, Medianama report.
[Sep 4] Youtube claims new hate speech policy working, removals up 5x, Medianama report.
[Sep 6] MeitY may relax norms on content monitoring for social media firms, ET Tech report; Inc42 report; Entrackr report.

E-Commerce

[Sep 4] Offline retailers accuse Amazon and Flipkart of deep discounting, predatory pricing and undercutting, Medianama report; Entrackr report.
[Sep 6] Companies rely on digital certification startups to foolproof customer identity, ET Tech report.

Digital Payments and FinTech

[Sep 3] A sweeping reset is in the works to bring India in line with fintech’s rise, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 3] Insurance and lending companies in agro sector should use drones to reduce credit an insurance risks: DEA’s report on fintech, Medianama report.
[Sep 3] Panel recommends regulating fintech startups, RBI extends KYC deadline for e-wallet companies, TechCircle report.
[Sep 4] NABARD can use AI and ML to create credit scoring registry: Finance Ministry report on FinTech, Medianama report.
[Sep 5] RBI denies action against Paytm Payments bank over PIL allegation, Entrackr report.
[Sep 5] UPI entities may face market share cap, ET Tech report.
[Sep 6] NBFC license makes fintech startups opt for lending, ET Tech report.
[Sep 9] Ease access to credit history: Fintech firms, ET Markets report.

Cryptocurrencies

[Sep 1] Facebook hires lobbyists to boost crypto-friendly regulations in Washington, Yahoo Finance report.
[Sep 2] US Congress urged to regulate crypto under Bank Secrecy Act, Coin Telegraph report.
[Sep 2] Indian exchanges innovate as calls for positive crypto regulation escalate, Bitcoin.com report.
[Sep 4] Marshall Islands official explains national crypto with fixed supply, Coin Telegraph report.
[Sep 5] Apple thinks cryptocurrency has “long-term potential”, Quartz report.
[Sep 5] NSA reportedly developing quantum-resistant ‘crypto’, Coin Desk report.
[Sep 6] Crypto stablecoins may face bottleneck, ET Markets report.

Cybersecurity

[Sep 3] Google’s Android suffers sustained attacks by anti-Ugihur hackers, Forbes report.
[Sep 4] Firefox will not block third-party tracking and cryptomining by default for all users, Medianama report.
[Sep 4] Insurance companies are fueling ransomware attacks, Defense One report.
[Sep 5] Firms facing shortage of skilled workforce in cybersecurity: Infosys Research, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 5] Cybersecurity a boardroom imperative in almost 50% of global firms: Survey, Outlook report; ANI report.
[Sep 5] DoD unveils new cybersecurity certification model for contractors, Federal News Network report.
[Sep 5] Jigsaw Academy launches cybersecurity certification programme in India, DQ India report.
[Sep 6] Indians lead the world as Facebook Big Bug Hunters, ET Tech report.
[Sep 6] Australia is getting a new cybersecurity strategy, ZD Net report.
[Sep 9] China’s 5G, industrial internet roll-outs to fuel more demand for cybersecurity, South China Morning Post report.

Tech and National Security

[Sep 3] Apache copters to be inducted today, The Pioneer report.
[Sep 3] How AI will predict Chinese and Russian moves in the Pacific, Defense One report.
[Sep 3] US testing autonomous border-patrol drones, Defense One report.
[Sep 3] Meet the coalition pushing for ‘Cyber Peace’ rules. Defense One report.
[Sep 4] US wargames to try out concepts for fighting China, Russia, defense One report.
[Sep 4] Southern Command hosts seminar on security challenges, Times of India report; The Indian Express report.
[Sep 4] Russia, already India’s biggest arms supplier, in line for more, Business Standard report.
[Sep 4] Pentagon, NSA prepare to train AI-powered cyber defenses, Defense One report.
[Sep 5] Cabinet clears procurement of Akash missile system at Rs. 5500 crore, Times Now report.
[Sep 5] India to go ahead with $3.1 billion US del for maritime patrol aircraft, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 5] DGCA certifies ‘small’ category drone for complying with ‘No-Permission, No-Takeoff’ protocol, Medianama report.
[Sep 5] India has never been aggressor but will not hesitate in using its strength to defend itseld: Rajnath Singh, The Economic Times report.
[Sep 5] Panel reviewing procurement policy framework to come out with new versions of DPP, DPM by March 2020, The Economic Times report; Business Standard report; Deccan Herald report.
[Sep 5] Russia proposes joint development of submarines with India, The Hindu report.
[Sep 7] Proud of you: India tells ISRO after contact lost with CHandrayaan-2 lander, India Today report.

Tech and Elections

[Sep 4] ECI asks social media firms to follow voluntary code of ethics ahead of state polls: report, Medianama report.
[Sep 6] Congress party to reorganise its data analytics department, Medianama report.
[Sep 5] Why the 2020 campaigns are still soft targets for hackers, Defense One report.
[Sep 5] Facebook meets with FBI to discuss election security, Bloomberg report.
[Sep 5] Facebook is making its own AI deepfakes to head off a disinformation disaster, MIT Tech Review report.

Internal Security: J&K

[Sep 4] Long convoy, intel failure: Multiple lapses led to Pulwama terror attack, finds CRPF inquiry, India Today report; Kashmir Media Service report; The Wire report.
[Sep 4] Extension of President’s Rule in Kashmir was not delayed, MHA says in report to SC lawyer’s article, Scroll.in report.
[Sep 6] Landline communication restored in Kashmir Valley: Report, Medianama report.
[Sep 7] Kashmir’s Shia areas face curbs, all Muharram processions banned, The Quint report.
[Sep 7] No question of army atrocities in Kashmir as it’s only fighting terrorists: NSA Ajit Doval, India Today report.
[Sep 8] More than 200 militants trying to cross into Kashmir from Pakistan: Ajit Doval, Money Control report.
[Sep 8] ‘Such unilateral actions are futile’, says India after Pakistan blocks airspace for President Kovind, Scroll.in report; NDTV report.

Internal Security: NRC

[Sep 2] Contradictory voices in Assam Congress son NRC: Tarun Gogoi slams it as waste paper, party MP says historic document, India Today report.
[Sep 3] Why Amit Shah is silent on NRC, India Today report.
[Sep 7] AFSPA extended for 6 months in Assam, Deccan Herald report.
[Sep 7] At RSS mega meet, concerns over Hindus being left out of NRC: Sources, Financial Express report.

National Security Institutions and Legislation

[Sep 5] Azhar, Saeed, Dawood declared terrorists under UAPA law, Deccan Herald report; The Economic Times report.
[Sep 8] Home Minister says India’s national security apparatus more robust than ever, Livemint report.
[Sep 8] Financial safety not national security reason for women to join BSF: Study, India Today report.

Telecom/5G

[Sep 6] Security is an issue in 5G: NCSC Pant on Huawei, Times of India report.

More on Huawei

[Sep 1] Huawei believes banning it from 5G will make countries insecure, ZD Net report.
[Sep 2] Huawei upbeat on AI strategy for India, no word on 5G roll-out plans yet, Business Standard report.
[Sep 3] Huawei denies US allegations of technology theft, NDTV Gadgets 260 report; Business Insider report; The Economic Times report.
[Sep 3] Shocking Huawei ‘Extortion and Cyberattack’ allegations in new US legal fight, Forbes report; Livemint report, BBC News report; The Verge report.
[Sep 3] Committed to providing the most advanced products: Huawei, ET Telecom report.
[Sep 4] Huawei says 5G rollout in India will be delayed by 3 years if it’s banned, Livemint report
[Sep 4] Trump not interested in talking Huawei with China, Tech Circle report.
[Sep 5] Nepal’s only billionaire enlists Huawei to transform country’s elections, Financial Times report.
[Sep 8] Trump gets shocking new Huawei warning – from Microsoft, Forbes report.

Emerging Tech

[Aug 30] Facebook is building an AI Assistant Inside Minecraft, Forbes report.
[Sep 3] AWS partners with IIT KGP for much needed push to India’s AI skilling, Inc42 report.
[Sep 3] Behind the Rise of China’s facial recognition giants, Wired report.
[Sep 4] Facebook won’t use facial recognition on you unless you tell it to, Quartz report.
[Sep 4] An AI app that turns you into a movie star has risked the privacy of millions, MIT Technology Review report.
[Sep 6] Police use f facial recognition is accepted by British Court, The New York Times report.
[Sep 6] Facebook, Microsoft announce challenge to detect deepfakes, Medianama report.
[Sep 6] Facial recognition tech to debut at Delhi airport’s T3 terminal; on ‘trial basis’ for next three months, Medianama report.

Internet Shutdowns

[Sep 3] After more than 10 weeks, internet services in towns of Rakhine and Chin restored, Medianama report.
[Sep 4] Bangladesh bans mobile phone services in Rohingya camps, Medianama report.

Opinions and Analyses

[Sep 2] Michael J Casey, Coin Desk, A crypto fix for a broken international monetary system.
[Sep 2] Yengkhom Jilangamba, News18 Opinion, Not a solution to immigration problem, NRC final list has only brought to surface fault lines within society.
[Sep 2] Samuel Bendett, Defense One, What Russian Chatbots Think About Us.
[Sep 2] Shivani Singh, Hindustan Times, India’s no first use policy is a legacy that must be preserved.
[Sep 3] Abir Roy, Financial Express, Why a comprehensive law is needed for data protection.
[Sep 3] Dhirendra Kumar, The Economic Times, Aadhaar is back for mutual fund investments.
[Sep 3] Ashley Feng, Defense One, Welcome to the new phase of US-China tech competition.
[Sep 3] Nesrine Malik, The Guardian, The myth of the free speech crisis.
[Sep 3] Tom Wheeler and David Simpson, Brookings Institution, Why 5G requires new approaches to cybersecurity.
[Sep 3] Karen Roby, Tech Republic, Why cybersecurity is a big problem for small businesses.
[Sep 4] Wendy McElroy, Bitcoin.com, Crypto needs less regulation, not more.
[Sep 4] Natascha Gerlack and Elisabeth Macher, Modaq.com, US CLOUD Act’s potential impact on the GDPR.
[Sep 4] Peter Kafka, Vox, The US Government isn’t ready to regulate the internet. Today’s Google fine shows why.
[Sep 5] Murtaza Bhatia, Firstpost, Effective cybersecurity can help in accelerating business transformation.
[Sep 5] MG Devasahayam, The Tribune, Looking into human rights violations by Army.
[Sep 5] James Hadley, Forbes, Cybersecurity Frameworks: Not just for bits and bytes, but flesh and blood too.
[Sep 5] MR Subramani, Swarajya Magazine, Question at heart of TN’s ‘WhatsApp traceability case’: Are you endangering national security if you don’t link your social media account with Aadhaar?
[ Sep 5] Justin Sherman, Wired, Cold War Analogies are Warping Tech Policy.
[Sep 6] Nishtha Gautam, The Quint, Peer pressure, militant threats enforcing civil curfew in Kashmir?
[Sep 6] Harsh V Pant and Kartik Bommakanti, Foreign Policy, Modi reimagines the Indian military.
[Sep 6] Shuman Rana, Business Standard, Free speech in the crosshairs.
[Sep 6] David Gokhshtein, Forbes, Thoughts on American Crypto Regulation: Considering the Pros and Cons.
[Sep 6] Krishan Pratap Singh, NDTV Opinion, How to read Modi Government’s stand on Kashmir.
[Sep 7] MK Bhadrakumar, Mainstream Weekly, The Big Five on Kashmir.
[Sep 7] Greg Ness, Security Boulevard, The Digital Cyber Security Paradox.
[Sep 8] Lt. Gen. DS Hoods, Times of India, Here’s how to take forward the national security strategy.
[Sep 8] Smita Aggarwal, Livemint, India’s unique public digital platforms to further inclusion, empowerment.

CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy [August 26-September 2]

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Gunjan Chawla

MeitY sought views on ‘non-personal data’; India and France announce joint research consortium on AI and digital partnership after NSA-level talks; Section 144 CrPC imposed in areas of Assam anticipating unrest after the publication of the NRC list as the MHA holds a high-level security meet on Kashmir; and the tussle between MeitY and the Niti Aayog for control over the Rs. 7000 cr AI project continues – presenting this week’s most important developments at the intersection of law and tech.

Aadhaar

[Aug 27] Aadhaar integration can weed out fake voters: UIDAI’s Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Business Standard report.
[Aug 27] Government to intensify Aadhaar enrolment in J&K after Oct 31: Report, Medianama report; Times Now report; The Quint report
[Aug 27] Interview: Why I filed a case to link Aadhaar and Social Media Accounts, The Quint report.
[Aug 27] Aadhaar database cannot be hacked even after a billion attempts: Ravi shankar Prasad, Money Control report.
[Aug 27] Most dangerous situation: Justice Srikrishna on EC-Aadhaar linking, The Quint report.
[Aug 28] Aadhaar ads to women’s problems in India. Here’s why. The Wire report.
[Aug 28] What Centre will tell Supreme Court on Aadhaar and social media account linkage, The Hindustan Time report.
[Aug 28] All residents of an MP village have the same date of birth on their Aadhaar, Business Standard report.
[Aug 29] Blood banks advised to ask for donors’ Aadhaar cards, Times of India report.
[Aug 29] Aadhaar continues to evolve and grow as India issues biometric seafarers’ ID, Biometric Update report.
[Aug 31] Aadhaar mandatory for farmers to avail crop loan in Odisha, Odisha Sun Times report.
[Sep 1] NRIs to get Aadhaar sans 180-day wait in 3 months, The Hindu report.
[Sep 1] Aadhaar-liquor link to check bottle littering? Deccan Herald report.
[Sep 1] Linking Aadhaar with social media can lead to insidious profiling of people, says Apar Gupta, Times of India report.

Digital India

[Aug 27] NASSCOM-DSCI on National Health Stack: separate regulatory body for health, siloed registries, usage of single ID, Medianama report.
[Aug 27] Govt looks to develop electronics component manufacturing base in India: MeitY Secretary, YourStory report; Money Control report.
[Aug 30] India is encouraging foreign firms to shift biz from China: report, Medianama report; Reuters report.
[Aug 30] Wipro, Google to speed up digital shift of enterprises, ET Telecom report.
[Aug 30] Government committed to reach public via technology, Times of India report.
[Aug 31] MeitY and Google tie up to Build for Digital India, Livemint report; India TV report; ANI report; The Statesman report; Inc42 report.
[Sep 1] Govt is setting up high-tech R&D facilities for India Inc to encourage big-bang projects, ET Tech report.
[Sep 1] Digitalisation is now forcing NASSCOM to reinvent itself, ET Tech report.

Free Speech

[Aug 26] IAS Officer who quit over ‘losing freedom of expression’ was facing disciplinary action for misconduct, Swarajya Magazine report.
[Aug 27] Withdraw media curbs in Kashmir, The Hindu report.
[Aug 27] EU data caught in Facebook audio transcribing, Politico report.
[Aug 30] BJP issues gag order on Pragya Thakur after ‘black magic’ remark post Arun Jaitley’s death. News 18 report.
[Aug 31] Chargesheet filed against ex-Union Minister Salman Khurshid over remark in UP CM Yogi Adityanath, India Today report.
[Aug 31] Rafale deal: Rahul Gandhi summoned by Mumbai court for calling Narendra Modi ‘commander-in-thief’, Scroll.in report.
[Aug 31] Media freedom being curbed, says Mamata, The Hindu report.
[Sep 1] Madurai man booked for Facebook post against Centre, Army, Times of India report.

Internet Shutdowns

[Aug 26] Internet suspended in Indonesia’s Papua region for ‘ security and order’ amid protests, Medianama report.
[Aug 29] Months after pledge to open internet, Ethiopia disrupts connectivity amidst communal violence, Global Voices report.

Data Protection and Privacy

[Aug 27] Government’s approach to data is dangerous, says Justice Srikrishna, Medianama report.
[Aug 27] Microsoft’s lead EU data watchdog is looking into fresh Windows 10 privacy concerns, Tech Crunch report.
[Aug 30] This Week in Tech: Facebook’s privacy pivot (business model not included), The New York Times report.
[Aug 31] MeitY seeks views on non-personal data, ET Tech report.
[Aug 31] Google to pay out $150-200m over YouTube privacy claims: reports, The Hindu report.
[Sep 2] Let data protection Bill deal with personal health data, says IAMAI, Business Standard report.

Intermediary Liability

[Aug 27] Government notices and issue in TikTok’s ShareChat notices: To ask TikTok how its intermediary status is consistent with claims on owning content, ET Telecom report; Inc42 report.

E-Commerce

[Aug 27] Thailand to tax e-commerce companies from next year, Medianama report.
[Aug 27] NRAI sends notices to Swiggy, Zomato, others on deep discounting, lack of transparency, Tech Circle report.
[Aug 29] MeitY may not include E-commerce data in privacy bill, The Economic Times report; Medianama report; Inc42 report.
[Aug 29] 30% local sourcing FDI rule on single brand retailers relaxed, physical stores before online sales not necessary, Medianama report.
[Aug 29] Amazon moves Supreme Court against direct selling companies: Report, Medianama report; The Economic Times report.
[Aug 30] India big enough for both e-commerce and small retailers: Rajiv umar, ET Tech report.
[Aug 30] Zomato, Swiggy and NRAI discuss issues, to meet again in September, Medianama report.
[Aug 30] DPIIT asks e-commerce firms to upload FDI compliance certifications, Medianama report.
[Aug 31] Why restaurants and aggregators are locking horns over discounts, ET Tech report.
[Aug 31] CAIT slams Amazon in public discussion over deep discounting, Entrackr report.
[Aug 31] E-marketplaces giving preferential treatment to come: Sellers, ET Tech report.
[Sep 2] Swiggy likely to cap restaurant commissions at 25%, ET Tech report.

Digital Payments and FinTech

[Aug 30] Another extension for e-wallets: RBI gives 6 months to complete KYC, Entrackr report.
[Sep 2] Banks may take 3 years for tech merger, ET Tech report.

Cryptocurrencies

[Aug 25] IRS sends new round of letter to Bitcoin and Crypto holders, Coin Telegraph report.
[Aug 26] 25]year old Bitcoin seller faces life sentence for unlicensed exchange, Coin Desk report.
[Aug 26] Telegram’s 300 million users could soon be trading Bitcoin and Crypto- Despite serious security warning, Forbes report.
[Aug 28] Crypto-jacking virus infects 850,000 serves, hackers run off with millions, Coin Desk report.
[Aug 30] UN Official: Crypto makes policing child trafficking ‘exceptionally difficult’, Coin Desk report.
[Aug 30] How do we get crypto currency to circulate as money? This experiment might hold the answer, The Print report.
[Aug 30] Privacy in Crypto: The Impact of Rising Terrorism Concerns, Forbes report.
[Aug 28] Telegram to release its cryptocurrency by October 31, Medianama report; ET Markets report.

Tech and Law Enforcement

[Aug 26] End-to-end encryption not essential to WhatsApp as a platform: Tamil Nadu Advocate General, Medianama report.
[Aug 27] WhatsApp traceability vulnerable to falsification, claims IFF expert submission, Firstpost report; Medianama report.
[Aug 31] A new kind of cybercrimes uses AI and your voice against you, Quartz report.

Tech and National Security

[Aug 26] Russia to supply critical components of Gaganyaan, Free Press Journal report.
[Aug 26] CAG report on offset deal in Rafale contract to be tabled in Winter Session: Report, News Nation report.
[Aug 27] Gaganyaan Mission: Russia to train four Indian astronauts from November, DNA India report.
[Aug 27] Centre inks Rs 380 cr deal with private firm for nine precision approach radars, DNA India report.
[Aug 27] Navy needs “assured” budget support to build capacity: CHief, The Economic Times report; The Indian Express report; Outlook India report.
[Aug 27] ITI Nagpur students to learn to assemble Rafale jets, The Economic Times report.
[Aug 27] Incentivise pvt sector for defence production: Brookings, Outlook India report.
[Aug 28] Amazon and Microsoft unchallenged in $10bn ‘Jedi’ contract review, Financial Times report.
[Aug 28] India’s HAL deepens private sector engagement through Make-II initiative, Jane’s 360 report.
[Aug 29] NSA-level meet today, France keen to sell second batch of 36 Rafales, The Indian Express report; Financial Express report; ANI News report.
[Aug 30] Russia set to offer submarines during Modi-Putin summit, Defence Aviation Post report.
[Aug 30] India must be prepared to face any threat: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, The New Indian Express report.
[Aug 31] US to use fake social media to check on people entering the country, India Today report.

Cybersecurity

[Aug 26] Ransomware threat raises National Guard’s role in state cybersecurity in the United States, Statescoop report.
[Aug 26] The Pentagon wants to bolster Defense Innovation Unit’s Cyber defenses, Nextgov report.
[Aug 27] The importance of training: Cybersecurity awareness as a firewall, Forbes report.
[Aug 28] Why cybersecurity is a central ingredient in evolving digital business models, Financial Express report.
[Aug 28] Cyber security and the finance sector: the need for stronger data protection capabilities, Security Boulevard report.
[Aug 28] India to unveil cybersecurity strategy policy early next year, Financial Express report; Inc42 report.
[Aug 28] Face it – Biometrics to be big in cybersecurity, Forbes report.
[Aug 28] MHA has taken various measures to counter cyber threat: MoS Kishan Reddy, United News of India report.
[Aug 30] Google says hackers have put ‘monitoring implants’ in iPhones for years, The Guardian report; DW report.
[Aug 30] Employee errors responsible for half of cybersecurity incidents: report, The Hindustan Times report.
[Aug 30] Despite changes by Microsoft, Windows 10 might still be remotely spying on you, Digital Trends report.
[Aug 30] Only 5-10% pharma firms have cybersecurity: Expert, Times of India report.

Internal Security: J&K

[Aug 27] Kashmir updates: UN Chief urges all parties to avoid escalation, India Today report.
[Aug 27] Kashmir: MHA to hold high level security meet; SC will hear Faesal and Shehla Rashid, The Week report.
[Aug 29] There is only fear and no ‘freedom’ in the Northeast and J&K, The Wire report.
[Aug 29] ‘Feel unsafe at home’: J&K residents accuse security forces of raiding houses, arresting ‘innocent’ Kashmiri youth under Public Safety Act, Firstpost report.
[Aug 30] Jammu and Kashmir: Rumours fly thick but slow in absence of communication, The Economic Times report.
[Aug 30] Army Chief to review security in J&K today, his first visit after Art 370 repeal, The Hindustan Times report.
[Aug 31] Mobile services restored partially in Kashmir’s Kupwara district, ET Telecom report.

Internal Security: North East and the NRC

[Aug 29] Security measures tightened in Assam, Sec 144 CrPC in Guwahati ahead of final NRC, India Today report.
[Aug 30] Assam police declare 14 districts as sensitive areas, Times of India report.
[Aug 30] How the National Citizenship Registration in Assam is shaping a new national identity in India, The Conversation report.
[Aug 30] NRC not to solve foreigner problem: Himanta Biswa Sarma, Deccan herald report.
[Aug 31] No Aadhaar from elsewhere for those excluded from NRC, ET Tech report.
[Aug 31] Assam on edge a day before publication of NRC, India Today report.
[Sep 1] Assam BJP, Opposition unhappy with updated NRC, India Today report.
[Sep 1] Assam NRC final list: Centre in no hurry for follow-up, The Hindu report.
[Sep 1] Happy to know how many are doubtful citizens, says AIUDF, The Telegraph report.
[Sep 1] Indian citizens register excludes 1.9m Assam residents, Financial Times report.

Telecom/5G

[Aug 26] India will not compromise on security of telecom networks: Dhotre, ET Telecom report.
[Aug 27] 5G spectrum sale may be deferred to early 2020, ET Telecom report.
[Aug 27] Govt invites bids to select agency for conducting spectrum auction, ET Telecom report.
[Aug 28] Reliance Jio records highest telecom revenue market share in Q1FY20, Medianama report.
[Aug 31] Govt focusing on improved telecom connectivity in NE, ET Telecom report.
[Aug 28] 3G network to shut by December, 5G adoption not expected, Phonepe, Paytm and more, Medianama report.

More on Huawei

[Aug 26] 5G trials: China aggression will work against Huawei, say India officials, India Express report.
[Aug 27] New Huawei OS Shock: ‘Confirmation’ of Russian Software for mobile devices, Forbes report; Reuters report.
[Aug 27] Huawei: UK to make 5G decision ‘by the autumn’, BBC News report.
[Aug 29] Huawei’s next flagship phone blocked from using Google apps, The Guardian report.
[Aug 30] Huawei under probe by US prosecutors over new allegations, ET Telecom report; Business Standard report.
[Sep 1] Huawei just launched 5G in Russia with Putin’s Support: ‘Hello Splinternet’, Forbes report.

Emerging Tech and AI

[Aug 27] Niti Aayog, MeitY spar over Rs. 7,000 crore AI mission, ET Telecom report; Inc42 report; Entrackr report.
[Aug 27] India, France announce joint research consortium on AI and a digital partnership, Medianama report.
[Aug 28] Elon Musk and Jack Ma debate AI at China Summit, Bloomberg report.
[Aug 28] Is this Aadhaar of the future? Facial biometric technology-based chip-enabled cards issues, The Economic Times report.
[Aug 28] National security imperative to become $5trillion economy: Amit Shah, Livemint report; The Asian Age report.
[Aug 29] Swedish school fined over use of facial recognition, Lexology report.

Big Tech

[Aug 26] India is important, that’s why bringing hardware devices here: Google, ET Telecom report.
[Aug 26] Facebook wins appeal against German Data-Collection ban, The Wall Street Journal report.
[Aug 26] Instagram’s latest assault on Snapchat is a messaging app called Threads, The Verge report.
[Aug 28] Google is moving Pixel production from China to an old Nokia factory in Vietnam, The Verge report.
[Aug 30] Google expands scope of its bug bounty programme, unveils data protection reward programme for developers, NDTV Gadgets 360 report.

Opinions and Analyses

[Aug 25] Jon Evans, Tech Crunch, Crypto means Cryptotheology.
[Aug 26] Guest Author, Medianama, Should Indian Copyright law prevent text and data mining?
[Aug 26] Vishal Chawla, Analytics India Magazine, Why IoT security standards are crucial in preventing hackers from stealing your data.
[Aug 26] The Hindu Editorial, ON the wrong side: On PCI backing Kashmir restrictions.
[Aug 26] Robert S Taylor, Lawfare, How to measure Cybersecurity.
[Aug 26] Mike Giglio, Defense One, China’s Spies Are on the Offensive. Can the US Fend Them Off?
[Aug 27] Gurshabad Grover, The Hindu, A judicial overreach into matters of regulation.
[Aug 27] Maj Gen Harsha Kakkar, Bharat Shakti, Foreign Policy and National Security.
[Aug 27] A Vinod Kumar, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, ‘No First Use’ is Not Sacrosanct: Need a Theatre-Specific Posture for Flexible Options.
[Aug 27] Jack Cable, Harvard Business Review, Every computer science degree should require a course in cybersecurity.
[Aug 27] Rahul Singh, The Hindustan Times, Key decisions underline govt’s focus on building stronger military.
[Aug 27] The Economic Times Opinion, Aadhaar linkage with social media is troublesome.
[Aug 28] Vikram Koppikar, Money Control, Aadhaar and Social Media: It’s a delicate balance between security and privacy.
[Aug 28] Abhijit Singh. The Hindu, The CHief of Defence Staff needs an enabling institutional infrastructure.
[Aug 28] Samantha Ravish, Defense One, The US must prepare for a Cyber ‘Day After’.
[Aug 28] Mike Masnick, Tech Dirt, Protocols, not platformsL A technological approach to free speech.
[Aug 29] Dhruva Jaishankar, The Hindustan Times, The saga of India’s indigenous defence production.
[Aug 29] The Print, Does War & Peace taunt show how poorly equipped India judges are to handle security cases?
[Aug 30] Rohan Seth, The Asian Age, Wider debate needed on major changes in data protection law.
[Aug 30] Amit Cowshish, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, CDS: A pragmatic blueprint required for implementation.
[Aug 30] Crystal Lee and Jonathan Zong, Slate, Consent is not an ethical rubber stamp.
[Aug 30] Gopal Krishna, Business Today, Why the promised right to privacy and data protection law hasn’t been enacted yet.
[Aug 31] Bidanda Chengappa, Deccan Herald, Peacetime spying is legitimate.
[Aug 31] Sandipan Deb, Livemint, When social media monopolies prey on freedom of expression.

[July 22-29] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Gunjan Chawla

The RTI Amendment Bill was passed by both houses of the Parliament as the Government considers relaxation in proposed data localisation requirements for foreign tech firms; crypto critiques by the Garg Committee’s proposed ban; probes and penalties in the struggle to regulate global tech giants— presenting this week’s most important developments in law and tech.

Right to Information

[July 23] Lok Sabha passes bill to amend RTI, Oppn says centre is weakening the law, Livemint report; The Economic Times report.
[July 23] Lok Sabha passes RTI Amendment Bill amid Opposition uproar; what changes have been proposed under new law, Firstpost report.
[July 24] 14 political parties from Rajya Sabha oppose the RTI amendment bill, The Economic Times report.
[July 24] Freedom of expression is under threat due to RTI Act amendments, say former Chief Information Commissioners, National Herald report.
[July 25] Rajya Sabha passes RTI amendment bill, Opposition walks out, Livemint report; India Today report; Business Standard report.

Data Protection Bill

[July 23] Personal data protection bill: IT Ministry may back storage curbs for critical, sensitive data, The Hindu Business Line report.
[July 27] Policymakers a divided lot on personal data bill provisions, ET Tech report.
[July 27] Personal data protection bill to take care of sovereign data concerns: Govt, ET Telecom report.
[July 28] Data protection bill still in limbo after 1 year; Govt refuses info, The Quint report.
[July 28] India will never compromise on its data sovereignty: Prasad, The Economic Times report; DNA India report; Firstpost report.

Data Protection and Privacy

[July 23] Equifax to pay $650 million for the 2017 data breach, Medianama report; New York Times report.
[July 24] Facebook agrees to pay record $5 billion settlement in privacy investigation, Time magazine report; NBC news report; The Economic Times report.
[July 25] Record Facebook fine won’t end scrutiny of the company, ET tech report.
[July 25] WhatsApp announces privacy investigation partnership, ET Tech report.
[July 25] WhatsApp to engage with policymakers to strengthen privacy, ET Telecom report.
[July 25] Facebook ends Microsoft, Sony access to friend data, ET Telecom report.
[July 25] Facebook warns of costly privacy changes, discloses another US probe, ET tech report.
[July 26] UK Data Protection Agency issues new guidelines for data sharing, JD Supra report.

Data Localisation

[July 24] Only critical information may need to be housed in India, ET Tech report.
[July 24] India may tweak data privacy norms to keep only critical data in country: report, The Economic Times report; Business Today report.
[July 26] As data localisation gathers steam, RailTel goes on cloud offensive, The Hindu Business Line report.
[July 29] Big relief for foreign firms: Govt panel says no need to mirror personal data in India, Financial Express report; The Indian Express report.

Digital India

[July 22] Empowering India’s hardware startups: Qualcomm signs a technical bilateral cooperation agreement with MeitY, YourStory.com report.
[July 23] TRAI wants to be country’s data czar, MeitY not keen, The Economic Times report; Money Control report.
[July 26] India’s agricultural farms get a technology lift, ET Tech report.
[July 29] India’s mid-cap IT firms caught between shrinking deals and rising costs, ET tech report.

Content Regulation

[July 23] TikTok has removed over 60 lakh videos between July 2018 to April 2019, Medianama report.
[July 23] Why they want TikTok banned in India, Medianama report.
[July 24] Over 150 cases of fake news reported during Lok Sabha elections, says Union Minister, News18 report.
[July 24] Over 2100 URLs on social media blocked in 2019: Prasad, The Outlook report.
[July 25] Govt says porn sites blocked by Jio, Airtel and others after 3 court orders, hints watching porn not illegal, India Today report.
[July 26] Muslim hawker beaten up over Jai Shri Ram chants in Bengal, internet suspended after tension, India Today report.
[July 26] Social influencers make hay while content shines, ET Tech report.
[July 26] POCSO amendment bill expands child porn definition to ‘any visual depiction’ of sexually explicit content involving children, Medianama report.

Aadhaar

[July 21] UIDAI to soon select adjudicating officer for inquiry in contravention cases, Money Control report.
[July 23] 100 plus e-seva centres in Chennai shut after operators lose access to Aadhaar website, Times of India report.
[July 24] Income Tax return 2019: Compulsory mention of Aadhaar in ITR, Financial Express report.
[July 24] Devendra Fadnavis joins the ‘link Aadhaar with voter IDs’ bandwagon: report, Medianama report.
[July 25] States can now use Aadhaar data for their schemes, ET Tech report; The Hindu Business Line report, Livemint report; Money Control report.
[July 25] Aadhaar linking not mandatory for activation of RuPay cards, Times Now News report.
[July 25] Aadhaar misuse surfaces in Gurugram, The Tribune report.
[July 25] Providing Aadhaar details for ‘parivar pehchan patra’ purely voluntary: Khattar, The Week report.
[July 25] All Aadhaar issues have been settled: Nandan Nilekani, The Economic Times report.
[July 26] Plea against Aadhaar-vote link filed before Delhi HC, The Telegraph report.
[July 28] Fake Aadhaar racket busted in Andhra Pradesh, The New Indian Express report.
[July 28] Linking Aadhaar with election ID would disenfranchise elderly and manual labourers: ECI told, Counterview report.

E-Commerce

[July 22] How an in-house e-commerce platform revolutionised government procurement, ET Tech report.
[July 25] Shopping from Chinese e-tailers set to become more expensive, The Economic Times report; Entrackr report.
[July 26] Amazon engaging with Indian govt to seek stable e-commerce policy, ET Tech report.
[July 28] Government plans e-commerce boost for rural products, ET Tech report.
[July 29] Data, e-commerce laws held up as India, US talk, Hindustan Times report.

Digital payments

[July 26] Govt fears WhatsApp may share payment data with Facebook, others, ET Tech report.
[July 26] Digital payment firms wait for new finance secretary to discuss Merchant Discount rates (MDRs), ET tech report.
[July 27] WhatsApp’s payment service is now being tested by companies, ET Tech report.

Cryptocurrency

[July 22] FINRA extends deadline for firms to report crypto activity, CoinDesk report.
[July 22] Iran legalizes crypto mining, Coin Desk report.
[July 23] Inter-Ministerial Group suggests banning of private cryptocurrencies in India, The Economic Times report; Business Today report; Livemint report; Quartz report.
[July 23] India mulling an official crypto-currency? Looks like govt veering towards the idea, The Economic Times report.
[July 23] Swiss Data protection regulator seeks details on Facebook’s Libra, Coin telegraph report.
[July 24] Crypto startups say panel clueless about Distributed Ledger Tech, ET Tech report.
[July 24] Crypto community rails against crackdown proposed by Garg Committee, Entrackr report.
[July 24] Cryptocurrency ban bill: Finance Ministry wants to ban cryptocurrency, encourage blockchain, Medianama report.
[July 24] Panel’s cryptic stance foxes crypto investors, The Economic Times report.
[July 25] Investors in limbo as Centre proposes cryptocurrency ban, Times of India report.
[July 26] Indian government official resigns after drafting ‘flawed’ crypto bill, Bitcoin.com News report.
[July 27] IRS warns crypto holders: dodge tax and we’ll hand out stiff punishments, the Guardian report.
[July 27] Crypto mining malware targets cloud computing platforms, FX Street report.

Cybersecurity

[July 22] Israel to arm students on autism spectrum with cybersecurity skills, Times of Israel report.
[July 23] NSA to unveil a cybersecurity directorate report says, CNET report; The Wall Street Journal report; Forbes report.
[July 24] A contract programmer faces 10 years in jail for inserting a ‘logic bomb’ into a spreadsheet that caused the company to keep rehiring him, Business Insider report.
[July 25] Louisiana declares cybersecurity state of emergency after a series of attacks on school district systems, Dark Reading report.
[July 25] Russian hackers build fake Skype, Signal, Pornhub apps to lure victims, Defense One report.
[July 26] Does India have enough cybersecurity talent? Analytics India report.
[July 26] UK’s national Cybersecurity Centre warns over global DNS hijacking, JD Supra report.
[July 27] Cybersecurity spending to rise 37% in five years, The New India Express report.

Big Tech

[July 24] The struggle to regulate online giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, ET Tech report.
[July 26] Australian anti-trust watchdog challenges market dominance of Google and Facebook in advertising and online news, Medianama report.
[July 26] Big Tech release transparency report for the Global Internet Forum to counter terrorism, Medianama report.
[July 28] How regional languages are fueling You Tube’s growth in India, ET Tech report.

Emerging Tech/AI

[July 22] With $1 billion from Microsoft, an AI Lan wants to mimic the brain, The New York Times report; Tech Crunch report.
[July 23] Facial recognition: As airports in India start using the technology, how will it be regulated? Scroll.in report.
[July 23] How AI will help detect tiny drones 3 km away, Defense One report.
[July 24] China’s ByteDance ventures into AI-generated music with Jukedeck deal, ET Tech report.
[July 24] Reliance owned Haptik aqcui-hires Los Angeles based AI startup Convrg, Tech Circle report.
[July 26] Facial recognition systems at IGI airport to be operational from next month: report, Medianama report.

Telecom/5G

[July 22] EU completes first phase of 5G cybersecurity risk assessment, RCR Wireless report. [July 24] Top CoT panel clears Rs. 3,050 cr penalties on Airtel, Voda-Idea in PoI issue, ET Telecom report
[July 24] Jio is biggest mobile tower customer of BSNL, MTNL, ET Telecom report.
[July 25] National Security Advisory Board blows to 5G bugle: Build local muscle, get real on China, ET Prime report.

More on Huawei

[July 22] Huawei secretly helped build North Korea’s wireless network, leaked documents suggest, CNET report; The Guardian report.
[July 22] UK Government decision on 5G delayed, BBC News report.
[July 23] Huawei unit cuts more than 600 jobs from its US research wing following sanctions, Livemint report; Tech Crunch report.
[July 23] Huawei inks pact with Micromax to expand retail presence, but analysts wary of upside, The Hindu Business Line report.; Business Today report; Livemint report.
[July 24] Huawei faces new allegations over cybersecurity in the Czech Republic, Forbes report.
[July 26] China accuses FedEx of ‘holding up’ Huawei parcels, The Economic Times report.

Tech and Elections

[July 24] Electronic voting machines completely non-tamperable: Centre to Lok Sbaha, NDTV report.
[July 25] Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, sues Google for $50 million, The New York Times report; The Wrap report.

Tech and Law Enforcement

[July 25] HC pings IIT-M professor for report on WhatsApp’s traceability, ET Telecom report
[July 27] RAW ex-chief urges coordination between intelligence agencies, The New Indian Express report.

Tech and National Security

[July 22] 275 items manufactured by OFB declared “non-core”, forces can procure it from OFB or open market, The Outlook report.
[July 23] In first 50 days, Modi Govt spent Rs. 8500 cr on defence deals, The Economic Times report.
[July 23] Turkey threatens retaliation if US imposes sanctions over S-400 purchase, Jane’s Defence Weekly report.
[July 24] In his first Defence Acquisition Council meeting, Rajnath Singh to clear projects worth Rs. 10,000 crore, Times Now news report.
[July 24] HC asks Centre to examine whether to restrain Google from uploading Indian maps, ET Tech report.
[July 24] India all set to launch first-ever space war exercise ‘IndSpaceEx’, Jagran Josh report.
[July 25] More autonomy for OFB under planned corporatisation but job security to go, Times of India report.
[July 26] India to be self-reliant in defence manufacturing in the next five years: DRDO, Times Now News report.
[July 28] Facial recognition is changing Customs and Border protection operations, Defense One report.
[July 29] Rajnath wants DAC file summaries in Hindi, India Today report.
[July 29] State-owned enterprises continue to dominate defence production in India, The New Delhi Times report.

National Security Law

[July 22] National security, welfare schemes, foreign policy tops Modi government’s agenda in first 50 days of NDA-II, Swarajya report.
[July 22] Will book land mafia under NSA:UP CM, Times of India report.
[July 25] Lok Sabha passes anti-terror bill to ban individuals too as terrorists, amid Opposition concerns over misuse, Livemint report; The Business Standard report; Time of India report.

Opinions and Analyses

[July 21] Nitin Pai, Live Mint, Some space for the private sector in the race for space.
[July 22] Ankit Srivastava, New Delhi Times, Modi irradiates loopholed Defence procurement.
[July 23] Yogesh Gupta, Times of India (blog), China is rapidly emerging as a technology superpower; far reaching-implications for India.
[July 23] Ashit K Srivastava, The Pioneer, Achilles’ heel of data protection.
[July 23] Prannv Dhawan and John Simte, Deccan Herald, Dangers of regulatory approach in tackling fake news.
[July 23] Yaya Fanusie, Forbes, Will crypto rogues threaten the geopolitical order?
[July 24] Venkat Ananth and Shelley Singh, ET Tech, Big Tech and fair digital rules.
[July 24] Maj. Gen. Amrit Pal Singh (retd), The Tribune, National security narrative and its economics.
[July 24] Rahul Matthan, Livemint, UPI is world-class and it’s time to take it international.
[July 25] Neiman Lab, Quartz, Should Facebook have a “quiet period” of no algorithm changes before a major election?
[July 26] Mishi Choudhary, Financial Express, Data safety regulation not barrier to India’s role as global destination.
[July 26] Prasanto K Roy, India Today, Aadhaar: The offer you can’t refuse.
[July 26] Kunal Ambasta, The Indian Express, NIA Amendment Bill infringes upon state authority, must be reconsidered.
[July 27] Naman Pugalia, The Indian Express, Aadhaar must sync with voter IDs to empower citizens.
[July 27] Kalev Leetaru, Forbes, Does the Huawei debate matter when all roads in the digital world lead back to the US?
[July 28] Mathieu Duchatel, South China Morning Post, While weighing 5G security risks, France predicts it can manage Huawei without banning it.
[July 28] S Ragotham, Deccan Herald, India, with Chinese traits?
[July 28] Maj. Gen. Ashok Mehta, India Legal Live, Army information security: big brother is listening.
[July 28] Swathi Moorthy, Money Control, This week in IT: Tackling privacy breaches in an era where data is the new oil.

[July 15-22] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Gunjan Chawla

The National Investigation Agency Act was amended by Parliament this week, expanding its investigation powers to include cyber-terrorism; FaceApp’s user data privacy issues; and the leaked bill to ban cryptocurrencies— presenting this week’s most important developments in law and tech.

Aadhaar

[July 15] Govt plans Aadhaar based identification of patients to maintain health records, Live Mint report; The Indian Express report.
[July 15] Petition in Delhi HC seeking linking of Aadhaar with property documents, Live Mint report.
[July 15] Government stops verification process using Aadhaar for driving license, The Economic Times report.
[July 15] Government stops verification process using Aadhaar for driving license: Nitin Gadkari, ET Auto report.
[July 18] Will Aadhaar interchangeability for ITR make PAN redundant? Live Mint report.
[July 18] Govt floats idea for Aadhaar-like database for mapping citizen health, Business Standard report; Money Control report; Inc42 report.
[July 19] Linking Aadhaar with Voter ID— Election Commission to decide within weeks, The Print report; India Legal analysis.
[July 21] Mumbai man fights against linking Aadhaar to salary account, The Quint report.
[July 21] Violating SC rules, matrimonial site sells love, marriage using Aadhaar data, National Herald report.
[July 22] Large cash deposits may soon need Aadhaar authentication, Times of India report; Money Control report.

Right to Information

[July 19] Bill to amend RTI law introduced in Lok Sabha amid opposition, India Today report.

Free Speech

[July 18] Ajaz Khan of Big Boss fame arrested by Mumbai Police for TikTok video, The Asian Age report; DNA India report.
[July 19] Guwahati HC grants anticipatory bail to poets accused of writing communally charged poetry on Assam citizenship crisis, Live Law report.

Internet Governance

[July 16] MeitY to finalise Intermediary Liability rules amendment by month end, Medianama report; Inc42 report.

Data Protection and Data Privacy

[July 17] Canada probing data theft at military research center: reports, Business recorder report.
[July 17] BJP raises issue of privacy breach by tech devices in Rajya Sabha, BJD demads more funds, News 18 report.
[July 17] TMC MPs protest outside Parliament in Delhi, demand to bring Data Protection Law, DNA India report.
[July 17] Democrats issue warnings against viral Russia-based face-morphing app ‘FaceApp’, NPR report.
[July 18] Government notice to Tiktok, Helo; asks to answer 21 questions or face ban, Gadgets Now report; Medianama report; Business insider report.
[July 18] Singapore data protection enforcement guide released, Asia Business law Journal report.
[July 18] Irish Data Protection Commission issues advice over FaceApp privacy concerns, RTE report.
[July 18] Govt admits to data leak of unemployment figures ahead of May announcement in Rajya Sabha, terms the issue ‘serious’, Firstpost report.
[July 19] From bad to worse: PM Modi’s office has asked IT Ministry to keep a close eye on TikTok, India Times report.
[July 20] Equifax near $700 million settlement of data breach probes: WSJ, AL Jazeera report.
[July 21] Jio backs data protection; highlights future growth areas like agriculture, healthcare and education, The Economic Times report.

Data Localisation

[July 19] Firms exploring Telangana to set up data centres, The Hindu report.
[July 22] Bytedance starts building local data centre in India after lawmakers complain of data privacy, Entrackr report.
[July 22] China’s ByteDance to store Indian data locally after MPs raise concerns on privacy, national security, ET Tech report; Outlook report.
[July 22] Jio backs data localization to stave off cyberattacks, ET Tech report; Medianama report.

Digital India

[July 15] India lags peers in tech skills: Coursera study, ET Telecom report.
[July 16] WiFi on the go: Government pushes to keep Bharat connected, ET Telecom report.
[July 17] BMTC wants to reboot its IT plan, ET tech report.
[July 19] How improved infrastructure and tech firms are changing game development in India, ET Tech report.

Digital Payments and E-Commerce

[July 14] How women are sidelined in India’s e-commerce growth, ET Tech report.
[July 17] Digital payment firms write to Government, asking compensation for losses incurred due to ‘zero’ merchant fee, Latestly report.
[July 22] How an in-house e-commerce platform Leaf Era has revolutionsed government procurement, ET Tech report.
[July 22] Aditya Birla Payments Bank to shut down due to “unanticipated developments in business landscape”, Medianama report.

Cryptocurrency

[July 15] Hacked crypto exchange Bitpoint discovers more millions are missing, Coin Desk report.
[July 15] India: Leaked draft bill would ban all crypto except ‘Digital Rupee’, Coin Telegraph report.
news to those Swiss authorities, Business Insider report.
[July 16] US says cryptocurrency is a national security issue, The New Indian Express report.
[July 16] Bitcoin and crypto suddenly branded a national security issue, Forbes report.
[July 16] Crypto a security threat, instrument for illicit activities: Trump admin, Business Standard report.
[July 17] Facebook said its Libra cryptocurrency will be regulated by Swiss authorities – but that was
[July 17] Making sense of chaos? Algos scour social media for clues to crypto moves, ET Markets report.
[July 20] Cryptokart: Another Indian crypto exchange shuts doen operations, Coin Telegraph report.
[July 22] Crypto-attacks are rising in Asia—and cybersecurity AI may be the best way to fight the threat: Darktrace, Business Insider report.

Emerging Tech

[July 13] Facial recognition tech is growing stronger, thanks to your face, New York Times report.
[July 19] Is there a tug of war between Niti Aayog, IT Ministry on artificial intelligence project? India Today report.

Big Tech

[July 15] Tech giants to face US hearings on anti-trust, cryptocurrency, ET Telecom report.
[July 15] Amazon Web Services still on pole for $10bn defence cloud deal after Oracle case crashes, DataEconomy.com report.
[July 16] Google accused of ripping off digital ad technology in US lawsuit, ET Telecom report.
[July 19] EU opens investigation into anti-competitive conduct of Amazon: Will it face heat in India too? Entrackr report.

Telecom/5G

[July 17] Govt working on revival of BSNL: Minister tells Lok Sabha, The Hindu Business Line report.
[July 19] Make in India: Only half of country’s 268 cellphone makers stay afloat, Financial Express report.

More on Huawei

[July 16] The US Congress wants to block the Trump administration from weakening Huawei restrictions, The Verge report.
[July 17] US-China talks stuck in rut over Huawei, The Wall Street Journal report.
[July 19] Two-thirds of Canadians reject closer ties to China and want Huawei banned from 5G networks, poll says, South China Morning Post report.
[July 20] White House to host meeting with tech executives on Huawei ban: report, Business Standard report.

Cybersecurity

[July 15] Use Indian IPRs to ensure telecom network security: Trade group. ET Telecom report.
[July 15] Indian IT managers facing budget crunch for cybersecurity, Live Mint report.
[July 16] Your WhatsApp, Telegram files can be hacked: Symantec, ET Telecom report.
[July 16] IT companies tightening salary budgets, leveraging variable pay for niche skills, ET Tech report.
[July 17] Druva acquires hybrid data protection form CloudLanes, The Economic Times report.
[July 17] Indian Army launches massive crackdown on personnel violating its cybersecurity norms, The Print report.
[July 19] NSO spyware targets phones to get data from Google, Facebook, iCloud: Report, Medianama report.
[July 20] New bills on cybersecurity, crime against women soon: Union Minister, India Today report; The Indian Express report.
[July 21] An entire nation just got hacked, CNN report.
[July 22] Fix Rogue audits; guard Indian data; bulletproof 5G: India’s new cybersecurity chief’s Vision 2020, ET Prime report.
[July 22] Fake FaceApp software may infect your device, says global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab, New Nation report.

Tech and Elections

[July 14] New election systems use vulnerable software, AP News report.

Tech and Law Enforcement

[July 12] Revealed: This is Palantir’s Top-Secret User Manual for Cops, Vice Motherboard report.
[July 22] WhatsApp traceability case: Details of data requests made by Tamil Nadu Govt to social media companies, Medianama report.

Tech and Military

[July 14] French jetpack man flyboards up Champs-Elysees for Paris Parade, RFI report.
[July 15] Dassault offset money to help in skill training: FM Nirmala Sitharaman, Money Control report. Economic Times report.
[July 16] Modi Govt to buy Pilatus trainer aircraft following corruption charges, to ban Swiss defence firm for one year, OpIndia report.
[July 16] If India chooses F-21, it will plug into ‘world’s largest fighter plane ecosystem’: Lockheed Martin, The Economic Times report.
[July 17] AI has a bias problem and that can be a big challenge in cybersecurity, CNBC report
[July 17] IAF on spares buying spree, The Quint report.
[July 19] Lockheed Martin identifies 200 potential Indian partners, Hindustan Times report.
[July 18] Navy to buy Rs. 1,589 crore satellite from ISRO, The Economic Times report.
[July 18] Indian MoD issues RFP for heavyweight torpedoes for Kalvari-class submarines, Jane’s 360 report.
[July 18] Rafale will provide IAF strategic deterrence: Defence Ministry, Money Control report.
[July 19] US F-35, poster child for ineptitude, inefficiency, The Middle East Monitor report.
[July 19] South African Council to collaborate with Indian defence industry, Outlook India report.
[July 20] DRDO carries out a dozen successful summer trials of NAG anti-tank missile, ANI report.
[July 21] IAF Pilots could soon fly Tom Cruise;s fighter jet from Top Gun Maverick, News 18 report.
[July 21] India to forge ahead with Russia accord despite US threat of sanctions, DNA India report.

National Security Legislation

[July 15] Lok Sabha passes bill that gives more powers to NIA, Live Mint report, ANI report.
[July 15] Lok Sabha passes NIA Amendment Bill to give more power to anti-terror agency; here’s all you need to know, Business Insider report.
[July 17] What is the National Investigation Agency Bill and why is it in contention?, Money Control report.
[July 17] Rajya Sabha passes National Investigation Agency Amendment Bill 2019, Live Mint report; Outlook India report.
[July 18] Cabinet asks finance panel to consider securing non-lapsable funds for defence, The Indian Express report; Financial Express report.
[July 20] New bills on cybersecurity, crime against women soon: Union Minister, India Today report; The Indian Express report.

Opinions and Analyses

[July 11] Ryan Gallagher, The Intercept, How US Tech giants are helping build China’s Surveillance state.
[July 15] Jemima Kelly, Financial Express, Trump v Crypto: rage against the obscene.
[July 15] Ravi Shanker Kappor, News 18 Opinion, Cost of not carrying out economic reforms: Acute shortage of funds for military modernisation.
[July 16] Jayshree Pandya, Forbes, Nuances of Aadhaar: India’s digital identity, identification system and ID.
[July 16] Binoy Kampark, International Policy Digest, The UN’s free speech problem.
[July 16] K Satish Kumar, DNA India, Need more clarity on data bill.
[July 16] Abhishek Banerjee, Swarajya, Richa Bharti: The Free Speech Hero India Needs.
[July 17] Ananth Krishnan, The Print, Three reasons why it’s not Huawei or the highway for India’s 5G future.
[July 17] Rajesh Vellakat, Financial Express, Personal Data Protection Bill: Will it disrupt our data ecosystem?
[July 17] Nouriel Roubini, Live Mint Opinion, Seychelles-based BitMEX and the great crypto heist.
[July 17] Tim O’Reilly, Quartz, Antitrust regulators are using the wrong tools to break up Big Tech.
[July 18] Tiana Zhang, Jodi Wu, Yue Qiu and Richard Sharpe, Mondaq, Newly released draft measures on data security management strengthen China’s data protection framework.
[July 18] Gwyn D’Mello, India Times, If you worry about FaceApp and not your Facebook and Aadhaar, you have bigger problems.
[July 18] Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, How Cyber Weaqpons are changing the landscape of modern warfare.
[July 19] TV Mohandas Pai and Umakant Soni, Financial Express, An AI innovation engine for New India.
[July 20] Amit Cowshish, The Tribune, Indo-US defence trade not free from encumbrances.
[July 20] Umberto Sulpasso, Eurasia Review, Domestic Knowledge Product: Enhancing Wealth, Welfare and National Security—Analysis.
[July 20] Tiffancy C Li, The Atlantic, FaceApp makes today’s privacy laws look antiquated.
[July 20] Tom Robinson, Venture Beat, Crypto can prevent money laundering better than traditional finance.
[July 21] Vimal Kumar Kashyap, The Pioneer, 5G to usher in fourth industrial revolution.
[July 21] Michael Ashley, Forbes, It’s time to fight back for data sovereignty.
[July 22] Vidushi Marda, The Hindu, Facial recognition is an invasive and inefficient tool.

[July 8-15] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Gunjan Chawla

The Parliament passed the Aadhaar Amendment Bill, expected to have a far-reaching impact on data sharing with private companies and State Governments; France rolled out a new “digital tax” for Big Tech, Facebook slapped with a massive $5bn fine by the US FTC, while uncertainty over Huawei’s inclusion in India’s 5G trials deepens — presenting this week’s most important developments in law and tech.

In focus this week: opinions and analyses of the Defence Budget for 2019-20.

Aadhaar

[July 8] Parliament passes Aadhaar amendment bill, The Hindu Business Line report.
[July 8] RS clears bill on voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof, Live Mint report.
[July 8] Techie moves Madras High Court assailing compulsory linking of Aadhaar with Universal Account Number (UAN) to avail EPFO pension, The Economic Times report.
[July 9] You are not bound to share Aadhaar data with schools, banks and telcos, DNA India report.
[July 9] ‘Ordinance on Aadhaar use doesn’t survive as House has cleared the Bill’: Centre tells SC, The Hindu report.
[July 10] Aadhaar Bill passage in Parliament: New clause helps secure non-NDA votes, The Economic Times report.
[July 11] PAN not linked to Aadhaar will become invalid from September, Business Standard report.
[July 11] Aadhaar amendments: New clause to allow use of Aadhaar data for state schemes, Live Mint report.
[July 11] Amendment: no Aadhaar for mobile wallet firms, The Economic Times report.
[July 11] All your Aadhaar fears are coming true in Assam, HuffPost India report.
[July 13] Rajya Sabha passes Aadhaar amendment Bill, allows to file complaint in case of security breach, India Today report.
[July 14] You may soon have to pay Rs. 10,000 as fine for entering wrong Aadhaar number for transactions, New 18 report.

Free Speech

[July 9] Twitter backs off broad limits on ‘Dehumanizing Speech’, The New York Times report.
[July 10] TikTok influencers charged for hate speech and attempting to incite communal violence, Business Insider report.
[July 13] White House Social Media recap, National Public Radio report, CNN report, The New York Times report, Engadget report. The Verge report.
[July 13] FIRs against 10 for poems that try to ‘hinder NRC’ in Assam, Times of India report.
[July 15] RSS wing calls for TikTok, Helo ban, The Economic Times report.

Data Protection

[July 8] Indian parliament members call for Data Protection Bill and TikTok ban, Inc42 report.
[July 8] British Airways fined record 183 million for data breach involving 500,000 customers: report, Medianama report, BBC report.
[July 9] Digital data protection to be a fundamental right in Brazil as amendment to constitution is approved, Medianama report.
[July 12] Not ‘Okay Google’: Firms admits that workers listen to audio from Assistant, Home, Medianama report, Fox News report, VRT News report.
[July 12] Google data breach faces review by Irish privacy watchdog, Bloomberg report.
[July 13] Facebook fined $ 5 billion by US regulators over privacy and data protection lapses, News 18 report, The Hindu Business Line report.
[July 13] Indian Govt is selling vehicle owner data to companies and citizens don’t have a clue, Inc42 report, Entrackr report.
[July 15] Data protection law must be the same for both private and government players, The New Indian Express report.

Digital India

[July 15] PMO panel seeks multinational companies’ inputs on making India electronics hub, ET Telecom report.

Data Localisation and E-Commerce

[July 11] Gautam Adani woos Amazon and Google with Indian data hubs, ET Telecom report.
[July 9] A tug of war hots the draft e-commerce policy. US tech giants want leeway in data localisation, ET Prime report. [paywall]
[July 15] Delhi and Bengaluru customs stop clearing ‘gifts’, Economic Times report, Medianama report.

Telecom/5G

[July 15] Inter-ministerial panel clears draft RFP to select auctioneer for 2019 spectrum sale, ET Telecom report.

More on Huawei

[July 10] Huawei makes Monaco world’s fully 5G country, Live Mint report.
[July 10] Huawei ban eased but tech can’t relax, Financial Times report.
[July 11] NSAB members, Chinese diplomat cross swords over Huawei, Indian Express report.
[July 12] Doubts over Huawei’s participation in India’s 5G rollout deepen, Live Mint report, NDTV Gadgets 360 report.
[July 14] Huawei plans extensive layoffs at its US operations, Live Mint report, The Economic Times report.
[July 13] US tells Britain: Fall in line over China and Huawei, or no trade deal, The Telegraph report.
[July 14] US seeks to discredit UK spies in war against Huawei, The Times UK report.

Big Tech: Regulation

[July 11] France passes law taxing digital giants in defiance of US anger, Agence France Presse report.
[July 10] US Announces Inquiry of French Digital Tax that may end in tariffs, The New York Times report.

Cryptocurrencies

[July 9] Indian govt to educate top cops on cryptocurrencies, aiming to investigate crypto matters, CrytpoNewZ report.
[July 9] Facebook to Senators: Libra crypto will respect privacy, Coin Desk report.
[July 11] Winklevoss-backed crypto self-regulatory group prepares to woo congress, Coin Desk report.
[July 12] Japanese crypto exchange hacked, loses $ 32 million, The Hindu Business Line report, Coin Telegraph report.
[July 13] Study exposes how Russia, Iran and China are weaponizing crypto, CNN report.
[July 13] China’s illegal crypto mining crackdown could ignite a bitcoin price rally, CNN report.
[July 15] IRS confirms it trained staff to find crypto wallets, Coin Desk report.

Emerging Tech

[July 9] AI in cybersecurity expected to surpass $38 billion, Security Boulevard report.
[July 14] How aritifical intelligence is solving different business problems, Financial Express report.
[July 14] Why AI is the future of cybersecurity, Forbes report.

Cybersecurity

[July 8] Chinese hackers demonstrate their global cyber espionage reach with breach at 10 of the world’s biggest telecoms, CPO Magazine report.
[July 12] Businesses in India tapping AI to improve cybersecurity, The Economic Times report, Fortune India report.
[July 15] Indian IT managers facing budget crunch for cybersecurity, The Economic Times report.

Tech and Law Enforcement: Surveillance and Cyber Crime

[July 8] NCRB invites bids to implement Automated Facial Recognition System, Medianama report.
[July 9] The chase gets a lot easier for tech-wielding cops now, The Economic Times report.
[July 9] Delhi government begins installing CCTV cameras inside classrooms to prevent crime: report, Medianama report. Times now News report.
[July 10] Instagram announces two new anti-bullying features, Instagram’s announcement, Thw Wall Street Journal report, Medianama report.
[July 11] WhatsApp messages can be traced without diluting encryption, Zee News report.
[July 12] New POCSO bill to expand child porn definition to include anime, adults posing depicting children, Medianma report, Hindustan Times report.
[July 12] SC refuses to stay installation of CCTV cameras in Delhi Government schools, Medianama report, Bar & Bench report.

Tech and Military

[July 8] Japan-India security cooperation: Asian giants to expand their relations to Space, Financial Express report.
[July 8] Bill to tag individuals as ‘terrorist’ introduced in LS, Opposition protests: The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Amendment Bill, 2019, Business Standard report.
[July 8] Government introduces Bill in Lok Sabha to amend National Investigation Agency Act, The Economic Times report.
[July 8] Govt to procure 1.86 lakh bullet proof jackets by April next, The Hindu Business Line report.
[July 8] India, Russia agree on new payment mode for S-400 deal to get around US sanctions, The Print report.
[July 9] National e-Governance Division to revamp management app for the army, The Week report.
[July 9] Amazon, Microsoft wage war over the Pentagon’s ‘war cloud’, NDTV Gadgets 360 report
[July 10] Last chance to get tech: Navy says negotiating next 6 subs to take years, Business Standard report.
[July 10] Tactical communications market size in the US region is projected to experience substantial proceeds by 2024, Tech Mag report.
[July 11] Govt says looking at tech to seal northern and eastern borders, Live Mint report.
[July 11] Army man arrested for leaking info on national security, The Tribune report.
[July 12] Wait for sniper rifles gets longer, MoD retracts the RFP issued last year, Financial Express report.
[July 12] India, Russia discuss space cooperation, The Hindu report
[July 12] Israel arms company signs $100 million missile deal with Indian army, Middle East Monitor report.

Defense Budget: Reports and Analyses

[July 8] Budget 2019: India redirects foreign aid to Indian ocean countries, NSCS expenditure hiked, Business Standard report.
[July 8] Laxman K Behera, Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, India’s Defence budget 2019-20.
[July 8] PK Vasudeva, Deccan Herald, An alarming fall: Defence Budget 2019-20.
[July 8] Mihir S Sharma, Business Standard, Budget 2019: India won’t become a superpower with these allocations.
[July 9] PRS Legislative Research’s analysis: Ministry of Defence Demands for Grants 2019-20.
[July 9] Why Sitharaman’s budgetary allocation is unlikely to satisfy defence establishment, The Economic Times report.
[July 10] Brahma Chellaney, Hindustan Times, India’s defence planning has no clear strategic direction.
[July 10] Harsh V Pant, Live Mint Opinion, We need not whine about India’s small defence budget.
[July 12] Commodore Anil Jai Singh, Financial Express, Budget 2019: Optimising the Defence Budget and the need for organizational reform.
[July 13] Shekhar Gupta, The Print, Modi isn’t about to change India into national security state like Pakistan and bankrupt it.
[July 13] Budget 2019: Cybersecurity – a holy grail for government’s Digital India dream, Financial Express analysis.
[July 15] Ravi Shanker Kapoor, News 18 Opinion, Cost of not carrying out economic reforms: acute shortage of funds for military modernization.

Opinions and Anlayses

[July 8] Adam Bemma, Al Jazeera, Is Sri Lanka using the Easter attacks to limit digital freedom?
[July 9] Dr M Suresh Babu and Dr K Bhavana Raj, The Hans India, Data Protection Bill – boon or bane for digital economy?
[July 8] Walter Olson, The CATO Institute blog, One year later, the harms of Europe’s data-privacy law.
[July 8] Jack Parrock, Euro News, The Brief: Data privacy v. surveillance transatlantic clash.
[July 9] Abhijit Mukhopadhyaya and Nishant Jha, ORF, Amidst US-China standoff Huawei battles for survival.
[July 10] Kuldip Kunmar, The Economic Times, Budget 2019 shows govt’s will to use Aadhaar to track financial transactions.
[July 11] Darryn Pollock, Forbes, Is Facebook forming a crypto mafia as Libra foundation members boost each other’s businesses?
[July 12] Amitendu Palit, Financial Express, India ditches data dialogue again.
[July 12] Shantanu Roy-Chaudhary, The Diplomat, India-China-Sri Lanka Triangle: The Defense Dimension.
[July 12] Richard A Clarke and Robert K Knake, The Wall Street Journal, US companies learn to defend themselves in cyberspace.
[July 12] Simon Chandler, Coin Telegraph, US Sanctions on Iran Crypto Mining— Inevitable or Impossible?
[July 12] Shekhar Chnadra, Scientific American, What to expect from India’s second Moon mission.
[July 14] Agnidipto Tarafder and Siddharth Sonkar, The Wire, Will the Aadhaar Amendment Bill Pass Judicial Scrutiny?
[July 14] Scott Williams, Live Wire, Your crypto overlords are coming…
[July 15] Why Google cloud hasn’t picked up yet in India, ET Telecom report.

[July 1-July 8] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Gunjan Chawla

The Union Budget for 2019-2020 brought with it a boost for using Aadhaar to file I-T returns amid escalating privacy concerns, but disappointed those hoping for larger allocations to modernisation of the armed forces. As the uncertainty over Huawei’s inclusion in 5G trials continues — presenting this week’s most important developments in law and tech.

Aadhaar

[July 4] Aadhaar bill seeking its use as ID to open bank account passes in Lok Sabha, India today report.
[July 4] UIDAI sets up first Aadhaar centres in Delhi and Vijayawada, to set up 114 more centres in 2019, Medianama report.
[July 5] Aadhaar ordinance: SC asks Centre, UIDAI to respond to writ petition, The Hindu report; The Economic Times report; Medianma report.
[July 6] Budget eases criteria of obtaining Aadhaar for NRIs with Indian passport, Business Standard report.
[July 6] Budget 2019 proposes to make PAN, Aadhaar interchangeable; soon you can file ITR using either of these, The Economic Times report.
[July 6] J&K Government approves Aadhaar linked payment mode for disbursal of pension, Business Standard report.
[July 7] Economic survey has based Aadhaar impact on MGNREGS on false assumptions, say researchers, The Hindu report.
[July 8] I-T to allot PAN to those filing returns only with Aadhaar, Live Mint report.

Internet Shutdowns

[July 2] India saw 11 internet shutdowns in June, 59 so far in 2019, Medianama report.
[July 4] Internet services in Jaipur set to resume today; parts of the city had been offline after rape of minor, Medianama report.
[July 4] Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp back after 8-hour outage that left users unable to upload photos, videos, Medianama report.
[July 5] Following communal violence, internet remains closed in Agra, India today report.

Free Speech

[July 3] Centre has no plans to scrap sedition law, Minister tells Rajya Sabha; The Hindu report.
[July 5] MDMK Chief vaiko convicted in sedition case, sentenced to one year imprisonment, The Hindu Business Line report.

Data Protection

[July 1] Data Protection Bill: MHA wants insulation for security agencies, The Tribune report.
[July 2] TikTok illegally collecting data received by China, claims Shashi Tharoor, News18 report.
[July 2] Tik Tok under investigation in the UK over children’s data use, The Guardian report.
[July 2] China’s new data protection scheme, The Diplomat report.
[July 3] Comprehensive legislation on data privacy under formulation: Ravi Shankar Prasad; The Economic Times report.
[July 4] Won’t allow abuse of Indian data by foreign powers or companies, says RS Prasad in Rajya Sabha , Medianama report.
[July 5] Govt needs to leverage data as public good to boost welfare of poor, Live Mint report.
[July 6] Economic Survey pushes for interlinking and selling citizens’ data for private purposes: Rethink Aadhaar, Money Life report.

Digital India

[July 4] Qualcomm India extends design challenge to MeitY supported startups, The Economic Times report.
[July 8] No incentive left for banks to push digital pay, fears fintech, ET Tech report.

Cryptocurrencies

[June 30] ‘Govt Screwed Us’ Crypto Startup Coin Recoil Founder Writes An Open Letter To PM. Inc42 report.
[July 2] Remaining crypto exchanges in India bet on global markets, ET Tech report.
[July 3] Bitcoin’s energy consumption ‘equals that of Switzerland’, BBC report.
[July 5] Indian authorities arrest 4 individuals accused of crypto ponzi scheme, Coin Telegraph report.
[July 5] US lawmakers tell Facebook to halt Libra as it risks undermining dollar and upending global financial system, Medianama report.
[July 7] New ECB boss Christine Lagarde made a serious Bitcoin warning, Forbes report.

Telecom/5G

[July 3] Samsung talks about its 5G solution, readiness to work with telecom operators in India, India Today report
[July 2] Samsung to ramp up Internet of Things business in India after 5G roll out, Times Now News reports

More on Huawei

[July 3] Despite Trump’s promised reprieve, Commerce Department tells staff to continue treating Huawei as blacklisted, Tech Crunch report.
[July 3] Indian companies supplying (US origin equipment) to Huawei may face US sanctions: Govt, The Economic Times report.
[July 4] Donald trump eases off Huawei as forms discover holes in his export ban, The Economist’s analysis.
[July 4] India to decide on Huawei participation in 5G trial based on security and economic interests, The Economic Times report.
[July 5] Huawei disputes US cyber firm’s findings of flaws in gear, The Wall Street Journal report.
[July 6] Huawei employees linked to China’s military and intelligence, reports claim, Forbes report.
[July 6] Huawei is helping all the UK’s top carriers build their 5G networks, Engadget report.

Cybersecurity

[July 2] Air travel needs cybersecurity, now tighter than ever, Financial Express report.
[July 3] New Zealand updates its cybersecurity strategy, ZDNet report.
[July 3] Tech Mahindra, SSH to deploy cutting edge cybersecurity solutions to secure access control for enterprises, Dataquest India report.
[July 3] 25 Central, State govt websites hacked till May this year: Ravi Shankar Prasad; The economic Times report.
[July 5] Getting up to speed with AI and Cybersecurity, Tech radar explainer.
[July 5] The Biggest Cybersecurity Crises of 2019 so far, The Wired report.
[July 6] New ransomware named Sodin exploits Windows flaw identified by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, The Indian Wire report.

Cyberwarfare

[July 3] Suspected Iranian Cyber Attacks Show No sign of slowing, Defense One report.
[July 4] Report: Pentagon should assume US satellites are already hacked, Defense One report.

Surveillance/ Tech and Law Enforcement

[July 1] NSAB comes up with traceability to help Whatsapp, Economic Times report
[July 2] China snares tourists’ phones in surveillance dragnet by adding secret app, The New York Times report; Wired report; The Guardian report.

Tech and Military

[July 1] Indian Air Force orders Russian-made anti-tank missiles for USD 29 million, Jane’s Defence Weekly report.
[July 1] Modi govt spent Rs. 2.37 lakh crore on modernisation of armed forces in 4 years, Business Today report.
[July 2] India’s defence budget has nearly doubled in 5 years but the money is not enough to upgrade the weapons. Business Insider report.
[July 4] Funds shrinking, Army wants budget 2019 to make special allowance for GST, customs duties, The Print report.
[July 5] Budget 2019: Experts feel not much to change for armed forces, The New Indian Express report.
[July 5] 0.01% – The increase in defence allocation from interim budget as modernisation put on hold, News18 report.
[July 5] Budget 2019: Defence gets duty exemption on imports, no big allocation, say experts, Financial Express report; The Hindu report.
[July 5] India outlines progress in ‘Strategic Partner’ projects, Jane’s Defense Weekly report.
[July 5] Defence Ministry approves Army Headquarters restructuring plans: Gen Bipin Rawat, Business Standard report.
[July 6] Army, Nation e-Governance Division ink pact for developing revamped app, Money Control report.
[July 6] MBDA, French Army team develop AI based automatic target recognition by imaging system, Defense World report.
[July 7] Indian Army to buy American howitzer ammo for long-range accurate strikes, The Economic Times report.
[July 8] DRDO carries out three successful Nag tests in one day in Pokhran, The Economic Times report.

Opinions and Analyses

[July 1] Abhijit Kumar Dutta, Money Control, 5G test run: Is barring Huawei a good idea? Probably not.
[July 1] Maahi Mayuri, Mondaq News Alerts, India: Data Localisation: What’s in it for us?
[July 2] Allie Funk, Wired, I opted out of facial recognition at the airport – it wasn’t easy.
[July 3] Times of India editorial, Don’t hug Huawei: Beware of allowing Chinese firms entry into India’s 5G market.
[July 3] Amol Agarwal, Money Control, Facebook’s Libra currency – will it rewrite the crypto playbook?
[July 3] Harsh V Pant and Kartik Bommakanti, Observer Research Foundation, India’s national security challenge.
[July 3] Manas Chakravarty, Money Control, Why the US is targeting Huawei.
[July 3] India’s response to China’s cyber attacks, The Diplomat’s analysis.
[July 3] Rohan Venkatramakrishnan, Scroll.in, Where is the personal data protection that Indian were promised?
[July 3] Business Standard editorial comment, The crypto challenge. [paywall]
[July 5] Key tech related takeaways from Union Budget 2019-20, Medianama summary.
[July 5] Afiya Qureshi, Mashable India, Indian Government plans to monitor the internet through a centralized system: should we worry?
[July 5] Pravin Sawhney, The Wire, Defence Budget: Skewed ratio of allocations hurts India’s war preparedness.
[July 5] Debajit Sarkar, Financial Express, Budget 2019: There is a need to boost defense expenditure.
[July 6] Sounak Mukherjee, Money Control, TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s privacy concerns on Aadhaar stand tall against FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2019 proposals,
[July 6] Ivan Mehta, The Next Web, India claims its Aadhaar push is for the ‘good’ of the people despite serious privacy concerns.
[July 6] Ilangovan Rajasekaran, Frontline, Conviction in sedition case will not affect Vaiko’s election to Rajya Sabha.
[July 7] Wired Opinion, How to protect our kids’ data and privacy.
[July 7] Sara Harrison, Wired, Twitter’s disinformation dumps are helpful – to a point.
[July 7] Lt. Gen. KJ Singh, Times of India (blog), Union Budget tells armed forces to cut the coat as per cloth.

[June 24-July 1] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Gunjan Chawla

With the G20 Summit in Osaka easing trade tensions between the US and China, India has seen a week of developing policy positions on data localisation, tech startups and the fate of telecom providers — presenting this week’s most important developments in law and tech.

Aadhaar

[June 24] New Aadhaar regulations by Government to bring it back in full force, will be voluntary, India Today report.
[June 24] Aadhaar bill introduced amid opposition protests, The Hindu report; Live Mint report.
[June 25] Bill on Aadhaar tabled, ‘doesn’t violate privacy’, The Tribune report.
[June 29] One nation, One ration card’ scheme from July 1, 2020, The Hindu report.

Internet Shutdown

[June 28] Myanmar: Internet Shutdown Risks Lives, Human Rights Watch report.

Free Speech

[June 27] Modi Government stops advertising in The Times Group, The Hindu and The Telegraph news paper, PGurus report;
[June 28] Modi Government freezes ads placed in Times of India, The Hindu and The Telegraph, The Wire report; The Deccan Herald report.

Data Protection

[June 24] UAE data protection law, similar to GDPR, likely landing this year, Tech Radar report.
[June 27] Home, IT Ministries discuss data protection bill, The Hindu report.
[June 27] National Centre being planned to hold and manage all public data, The Economic Times report; The Quint report.

Data Localisation

[June 26] Data storage rules out of e-commerce policy, Live Mint report; CNBC TV18 report; Medianama report.
[June 26] Government to decide if data issues need to be out of e-commerce policy, The Economic Times report.
[June 27] Personal data storage: Government not in a mood to dilute data localisation rule, Financial Express report.
[June 28] India stands by data localisation at G-20 summit, US opposes it, ETtech report.
[June 28] Data Localisation: What India can dictate, and what she can’t, Business Today report.
[June 29] India surrenders to US pressure on ‘data localisation’: Piyush Goyal and RBI send out confusing signals, National Herald report.

E-Commerce

[June 26] Not ready for global e-tail rules, India to tell G-20, ET Tech report.
[June 26] India to come out with national e-comm policy within 12 months: Piyush Goyal, ETtech report.
[June 27] The E-Commerce disaster that never was, The Economic Times report.
[June 30] Draft e-comm policy, data protection may figure at India-EU meet in Brussels on July 4, Your Story report.

Digital India

[June 26] Digital literacy drive needs more funds: MeitY, The Hindu Business Line report.
[June 27] RBI Committee recommends setting up Universal Enterprise ID, linkage across individual and enterprise PAN, Medianama report.
[June 27] MeitY expenditure under Digital India at Rs. 3,328 cr in 2018-19: Ravi Shankar Prasad, The Economic Times report.
[June 27] SEBI approves DVRs for tech startups, ETtech report.
[June 28] Indian startups cheer differential voting rights, ETtech report.
[June 28] Nitin Gadkari proposed Alibaba like platform for MSME sector, Entrackr report.
[June 30] India’s OTT market will grow at 21.8% CAGR, PwC report says, ET Telecom report.

Cybersecurity

[June 25] Digital India’s response readiness against cyber attacks is frail, lack of online security awareness biggest weakness, Firstpost report.
[June 27] To avoid Huawei like situation, India plans desi WhatsApp for official communication ET Telecom report; Medianama’s take.
[June 28] Infosys cyber security unit sees rising demand as threats mount, ET Tech report.
[June 29] US FDA warns of cybersecurity risk to certain Medtronic insulin pumps. Live Mint report.
[June 29] Indian manufacturing industry at high cyber risk, The Asian Age report.
[June 29] Average DNS attack cost rises by 19% to $814,150 in APAC, ET Telecom report.
[July 1] As cyber attacks increase, Indian IT clients seek stricter contracts, more audits, ET Tech report.
[July 1] China increases cybersecurity industry development, Global Times report.

Telecom/5G

[June 24] DoT may move SC against Airtel, Tata Tele merger, The Economic Times report.
[June 26] Broadband forum seeks lower 5G spectrum prices, change in auction design, ET Telecom report.
[June 26] Government gets 6 proposals for 5G trials, including Huawei, The Economic Times report.
[June 27] Lack of 4G, staff costs slow down BSNL, MTNL, ET Telecom report.
[June 27] DoT, MeitY eye EU ‘toolbox’ to address 5G-related concerns, The Economic Times report.
[June 28] Telcos’ health needs to be vetted before 5G pricing, ET Tech report.
[June 28] Modi, Trump discuss India-US collaboration in 5G tech, ET Tech report.
[June 30] DoT will move cabinet with BSNL, MTNL package: Ravi Shankar Prasad, ET Telecom report.
[July 1] Ericsson, Nokia assure telcos of speedy 5G rollout, ET Telecom report.

More on Huawei

[June 24] Huawei offers to sign ‘no-backdoor’ pact with India govt, telcos to underline security commitment: CEO, The Economic Times report.
[June 24] UK’s approach to Huawei is flawed warns Ericsson’s US boss, Financial Times report.
[June 26] Nokia warns UK over using rival Huawei’s 5G kit, BBC report.
[June 26] Huawei claims 50 commercial 5G deals globally amid uncertainty in India, ET Telecom report.
[June 26] US-China trade war in 10 dates, ET Telecom report.
[June 26], Huawei’s telecom equipment is more likely to have flaws than rivals’ claims report by US cybersecurity company Finite State, Tech Radar report.
[June 26] India, US to discuss Huawei’s role in 5G trials, The Economic Times report.
[June 26] India may let Huawei conduct 5G trials defying trump ban, International Business Times report.
[June 27] Tech companies find legal ways around Huawei blacklist, ET Telecom report.
[June 27] Medianama’s Huawei roundup: Promise of ‘no backdoor’ pact, 5G trial proposal and more.
[June 27] Huawei personnel worked with China’s military on research projects, The Economic Times report.
[June 28] How the Huawei issue affects India, The Economic Times report.
[June 28] Nokia’s CTO slams Huawei after ‘potential backdoors’ found in 55% of its devices, Forbes report.
[June 29] Nokia distances itself from CTO comments about Huawei, Tech Radar report.
[June 28] As Trump and Xi talk trade. Huawei will loom large, The New York Times report.
[June 29] Trump surprises G20 with Huawei concession: US companies can sell to Huawei, Forbes report; Live Mint report.
[June 30] Huawei lifeline shows Trump prefers business deals over cold war, Live Mint report.
[July 1] Google gets nod to license Android for Huawei, ET Telecom report.

Big Tech

[June 26] Google accused of working to prevent Trump return in 2020, ET Tech report.
[June 26] Next Google Chrome browser extension to increase data protection, Mediapost report; Forbes report, Medianama report.
[June 26] Google and University of Chicago sued over data sharing, The New York Times report.
[June 28] Italy stings Facebook with $1.1 million fine for Cambridge Analytica data misuse, TechCrunch report.
[June 29] Google may have leveraged Android unfairly, says CCI, Inc42 report.
[June 30] Spotify leaking use data with music labels: Report, ET Telecom report.

Emerging Tech/ AI

[June 22] White House updated national artificial intelligence strategy, Defense One report.
[June 24] Tech Mahindra unveils AI-based Humanoid HR for its Noida facility, Business Standard report.
[June 25] IT firms are buying niche firms to grow in emerging areas like IOT, ET Tech report.
[June 27] Commission-appointed panel publishes recommendations for artificial intelligence research. Science business report. [Read the full report of the High Level Expert Group appointed by the European Commission here].

Cryptocurrencies

[June 26] Facebook’s crypto currency faces pre-G20 examination, Livemint report.
[June 27] Crypto exchange Koinex wraps up operations; laments apathy of regulators and banks, Entrackr report, ETtech report, Medianama report.

Tech and Law Enforcement

[June 25] Government surveillance at alarming levels: Forrester Global Map of Privacy Rights and Regulations, The Hindu Business Line report.
[June 28] Madras HC allows Internet freedom Foundation (IFF) to intervene to oppose plea for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts, Live Law report; Medianama report.
[June 29] Have social media companies helped TN Police combat cyber crimes? Affidavit in Madras HC has answers, Bar&Bench report
[June 30] Railway police mulls using Aadhaar to track unidentified victims, The Hindu report; Times of India report.
[June 30] War on fake news: Government to roll out guidelines for Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, ISPs, Financial Express report.

Tech and Military

[June 24] Indian MoD approves procurement of 10 more P-8I aircarft for Indian navy, Jane’s Defense weekly report.
[June 26] Russia wants to fool its enemies by making its drones look like owls (Uri style), Newsweek report.
[June 26] Tatas may soon join queue for drone clearance from DGCA, ET Tech report.
[June 26] 41 pieces of space debris from India’s asat test still in orbit, six weeks after they were supposed to decay according to Harvard astronomer, The Independent report.
[June 27] Defence minister to review services’ emergency weapon acquisitions for war preparedness, India Today report.
[June 27] India progresses import substitution projects under Make-II category, Jane’s Defence Weekly report.
[June 28] S-400 Triumf missile deal: India mulls Euro payments for Russian arms to escape US sanctions, Business Today report.
[June 28] Euro payment won’t end possibility of US sanctions on S-400 deal: Ex-Indian Defence Adviser, Sputnik International report.
[June 30] India signs Rs. 200 crore anti-tank missile deal with Russia, Live Mint report.

Opinions and Analyses

[June 23] Julian Vigo, Forbes, How cybersecurity is turning users into security experts.
[June 23] Nitin Pai, Live Mint, What it would take for India to become a proper space power,
[June 24] Satya Prakash, The Tribune, SC’s flip-flop on free speech.
[June 24] Tim Cushing, Tech Dirt (blog), Indian Government uses national security law, bad information to block twitter accounts all over the world.
[June 24] Michael Schmitt, Just Security (blog) Top Expert Backgrounder: Aborted US strike, cyber operations against Iran and International Law
[June 25] Rohan Choudhary, The Telegraph India, India’s strategic challenges in the near future will be naval, not continental
[June 25] Bryan Menegus, Gizmodo, This is how you’re being manipulated (by Big Tech)
[June 25] Prannv Dhawan and John Simte, Firstpost, Combating fake news: MEITY should allow legal-flexibility based on social media platforms over one-size-fits-all regulatory approach.
[June 25] Alon Muroch, Forbes, What’s preventing crypto from going mainstream?
[June 25] Geoffrey S Corn, Lawfare, The aborted Iran strike: the fine line between necessity and revenge,
[June 25] Justin Sherman and Robert Morgus, Lawfare, The Confused US messaging campaign on Huawei.
[June 25] Live Mint Opinion, Accept Huawei’s offer.
[June 26] Sujan R Chinoy, IDSA Comment, Indo-US Defence Partnership: Future prospects.
[June 26] Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda, News18, India’s New Defence Cyber Agency Will have to Work Around Stovepipes Built by Army, Navy and Airforce
[June 26] Goutam Das and Sonal Khetrapal, Business Today, Does the amended Aadhaar Bill circumvent Supreme Court’s order?
[June 26] Cameron F Kerry and Jon B Morris, The Brookings Institute, Why data ownership is the wrong approach to protecting privacy,
[June 27] Anirudh Rastogi and Ramani Ramachandran, ET Tech, RBI needs to overcome its fear of legitimate cryptocurrency usage
[June 27] Anrnab Dey, The Quint, What is India doing with all its big data?
[June 28] Samiksha Goel, Deccan Herald, 5G world will need new cybersecurity approach.
[June 28] Pravin Sawhney, The Wire, Nobody Should be surprised if this year’s defence budget hardly sees a boost.
[June 28] PK Vasudeva, The Statesman, A three-in-one position.
[June 28] Suhasini Haidar, The Hindu, At G20, India stands with developing world- not US, Japan- on 5G and data.
[June 29] Robert Farley, The Diplomat, Getting the world to comply with the US Huawei ban won’t be easy.
[June 28] Sidhant Kumar, The Economic Times (blog), Protection, or protectionist?
[June 29] Siddharth Sivaraman, The Sunday Guardian, Industrial development is a must for defence modernisation.
[June 30] Ephrat Livni, Quartz, Facebook’s Libra is spurring central banks’ interest in issuing crytpocurrency.
[June 30] Kamal Davar, The Sentinnel/ The Quint, Security Agenda for Modi 2.0: A national security doctrine
[June 30] Arpita Mukherjee, The Pioneer, India should join e-commerce talks at WTO.
[June 30] Keshav Murugesh, The Hindu Business Line, Getting to the Digital Summit.
[June 30] Shobha Gupta, Bar & Bench, Section 66A: When a celebrated judgment of the Supreme Court cannot be implemented by the police.
[June 30] Nishant Sirohi, The Leaflet, AI Technologies: Putting human rights in the forefront.
[June 30] Eline Chivot, Financial Times, One year on, GDPR needs a reality check.
[June 29] Robert D Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Trump was right to (Temporarily) Lift the Huawei Export Ban.
[June 30] Samir Saran and Richard Rahul Verma, The Print, Here’s how US and India can be major defence partners and take lead over Russia and China.

TechWars: 5G technology comes to India

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Nidhi Singh

In our last post we talked about the Huawei ban and the impact it has on India and our national security agenda. The Huawei proceedings are a culmination of a series of political oppositions between states which have a profound impact on many countries, including our own. While the Huawei incident has been described as a next generation cold war that stems from political and economic considerations, it is catalysed by the struggle for technological superiority.

5G or the Fifth-Generation mobile network is the successor to the current 4G technology pervasive in present-day information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. While the range of use remains the same, with 5G technology also being used to make and receive calls and texts, and to get online, the scope is drastically different. 5G technology is much faster than 4G, allowing for data streaming almost 100 times faster than current 4G rates.

In addition to finally having lag-free Netflix for your commute, this technology is also essential in powering many essential emerging tech such as driverless cars, machine-to-machine communication, etc. The 5G spectrum is wider in nature, which allows for more devices to connect to the super-fast internet, allowing for the IOT (Internet of Things) and other allied technologies such as AI and to finally take off. The lower latency results in a more stable connection.

Current propagation of 5G

While USA won the 4G race being the first country to offer LTE network, it appears that it is lagging behind on the 5G front. 4G technology offered the US many macroeconomic opportunities, however, 5G is expected to provide more. An examination of the spending patterns of countries on research and development of 5G technology shows that many countries have outspent US in their pursuit for 5G, with China spending nearly USD 24 billion more and opening 350,000 new sites for development, as compared to the US’s 30,000. China’s five-year economic plan further indicates a planned USD 400 billion 5G related investment, which gives China a substantial advantage in the 5G race.

Countries have started the 5G roll out in phases across the globe, with South Korea’s SK telecom claiming to have rolled out the first commercial use of 5G in April 2019. China has issued licenses to three of its operators, who could start rolling out public use as early as this year. Currently it’s being tested across the country in various location before a full-scale release. In addition, many countries have started the process to adopt 5G. Despite the ban, Huawei has received commercial contracts from over 30 countries for installing 5G technology.

British telco EE network became the first to offer 5G network in the UK, beating its rival Vodafone by just a few months. 5G network is also live in some cities in the US, however many companies, like Verizon only offer a home-broadband version of it, not a commercial one available to the public at large.

5G in India

In order to implement 5G in India, the first step would be to examine and identify the correct bands which would be auctioned to the telecom providers. The telecom ministry is currently working on identifying these bands, and is expected to finish the process in time for India to roll out 5G along with the rest of the world. The delay in the allocation process can also partly be attributed to the elevation of the 5G issue to the Prime Minister’s Office due to Huawei’s involvement in the 5G trials and the subsequent allegations of security threats levelled against them. While the PMO did not decide to rule out Huawei completely, it has decided to approach a ‘wait and watch’ approach to the situation and see how other countries react to these allegations.

The auction is expected to be the largest so far, and could happen as early as September- October this year. The principal challenge to spectrum allocations is TRAI’s recommendation on 5G spectrum prices. The Indian telecom providers have compared the 5G spectrum valuation in South Korea, to that of India which is almost 7 times higher and have considered these prices to be unsustainable.

The current status of the auction remains uncertain, while the prices are considered to be prohibitively high, it cannot be ignored that this technology would also result in significant gains of market share to companies who are able to implement them in a timely fashion. The expected revenue from 5G is estimated to be about USD 1 trillion dollars, which is instrumental in helping India achieve its goal of becoming a USD 5 trillion dollar economy. Due to the potential economic benefits, 5G has made its way into the limelight for the present government.

Despite opposition from leading telecom players such as Vodafone, who have advocated for delaying auction of 5G to post 2020, citing the adequacy of current 4G technology for present day tech and IOT needs, the potential of India’s 5G market has attracted many big players. Korean telco Samsung visited India to engage in talks with Indian telecom marketers, including Reliance Jio about the supply of 5G network equipment. This visit was in light of the uncertainty caused by the US’ ban on Huawei, the largest telecom provider in the world.

In conclusion, we can see that while telecom operators are somewhat weary of the spectrum allocation, 5G is making its way to your smartphones, with or without Huawei. With the advances in data consumption and internet usage in the country, the 5G spectrum would be a boon for the tech industry allowing better internet for research into AI, machine-to-machine communication, and IoT. But most importantly, it means that we can look forward to lag-free Netflix in our near future.

CCG’s Week in Review [June 17-24]: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Gunjan Chawla

From the Aadhaar Amendment Bill introduced in parliament today to US’ cyberattacks against Iranian military installations and India’s soon-to-be-formulated cybersecurity strategy — presenting this week’s most important developments in law and tech.

Data Protection

[June 18] Government stands firm on e-commerce, data security, Times of India report.
[June 18] Government executives, tech companies lock horns over data protection, draft ecommerce policies, Inc42 report.
[June 18] Karnataka to announce new IT policy with focus on Tier-II cities, Medianama report.
[June 19] Data Protection Bill to reach Parliament soon; rules may remain stringent, Business Standard report.
[June 20] Adtech industry ignores data protection laws, UK regulator rules, Forbes magazine report.
[June 20] Data skills in demand as data becomes the new oil, Business Today report.
[June 21] India is set to become a data powerhouse, confirms Piyush Goyal, Entrepreneur India report.

E-Commerce Policy and Digital Payments

[June 18] RBI to examine concerns over data localisation rule: Government, Money Control report; The Wire report.
[June 19] India to counter US protectionism with e-commerce, data security bills, Hindustan Times report.
[June 18] Commerce Ministry: MeitY, RBI to realise full use of digitisation in trade: Piyush Goyal, United News India report.
[June 19] Piyush Goyal meets retailers and Kirana stores representatives to discuss e-commerce policy, Business Today report.
[June 20] Digital payments zoom past FY 19 target driven by private lenders, Economic times report.
[June 20] A more robust Digital India 2.0 to be unveiled soon, DNA India report.
[June 24] Data Protection and Aadhaar Amendment Bills listed for budget session, Economic Times report.
[June 24] RBI increases focus on cybersecurity as India’s digital payment craze peaks, Analytics India magazine report, Analytics India magazine report.

Aadhaar

[June 21] GST Council approves Aadhaar card for GSTN registration , Deccan Chronicle report.
[June 22] Aadhaar is very well protected, says cybersecurity chief Rajesh Pant, NDTV report; Business Standard report.
[June 23] India’s Aadhaar technology a big hit with other nations? Here’s more: India could soon start exporting e-governance software products like Aadhaar to at least 20 Asian and African countries, Qrius report.
[June 23] Aadhaar ousts 5.53 lakh fake ration beneficiaries in Mumbai and Thane, Indian Express report.
[June 24] IT Minister RS Prasad introduces Aadhaar amendment bill in Parliament, “Aadhaar does not violate privacy, is in national interest” Medianama report.

Blockchain and Crypto

[June 17] Europol looks to strengthen crypto and blockchain knowledge, CNN report.
[June 18] Facebook announces Calibra cryptocurrency wallet, wants to create universal currency with Libra, India Today report; Quartz report; Medianama’s all-you-need-to-know summary.
[June 20] Libra could be unbalanced by India’s crypto laws, Coin Desk report.
[June 21] The Week in tech: Facebook’s Crypto Dream Faces deep Mistrust, New York Times report.
[June 22] Global money laundering watchdog has crypto in its sights, Al Jazeera report.
[June 24] Inc42 report on Cryptocurrencvy this week: Facebook’s Libra, Russia to adopt crypto regulations, FATF recommendations and more.

Free Speech / Tech and Law Enforcement

[June 18] Why post on Pulwama intelligence failure blocked on twitter, Digvijaya Singh fumes, India Today report.
[June 18] India asks WhatsApp to fingerprint messages to ensure traceability, The Economic Times report; Medianama report.
[June 18] India bullies Twitter into banning accounts of American, British students thousands of miles away, The Daily Beast report.
[June 19] India forces Twitter to suspend open source intelligence handles, The Week report.
[June 20] Rapper Hard Kaur charged with sedition for post against Adityanath, Bhagwat, The Wire report.
[June 21] No, India did not bully Twitter into banning OSINT accounts, India Today report.

Internet Shutdowns

[June 21] Internet suspended in parts of West Bengal’s North 24 parganas district, Medianama report.
[June 23] Myanmar blocks internet as violence escalates in Rakhine state, The National report.

Big Tech

[June 20] Big tech fears US regulation, but it may be Ireland that should scare them, CNBC report.
[June 23] Apple or Android? What is the NDA Cabinet using? Spoiler: Amit Shah prefers iPhone XS, The Economic Times report.

Emerging Tech/ Aritificial Intelligence (AI)

[June 19] Microsoft launches AI Digital labs in India, aims to train 1.5 lakh students , Medianama report.
[June 24] Hybrid cloud technology is safe but the security it offers isn’t absolute, Financial Express report,

Telecom/ 5G

[June 20] Why 5G is the next headache for some of India’s richest men, ET Telecom report.
[June 20] 5G will power IOT networks, it will also make cyberattacks easier- are telcos listening? ET Prime report.
[June 21] DoT to roll out centralised database of all IMEI numbers “in the coming weeks”: Indian Express report; Medianama report.

More on Huawei

[June 19] Qualcomm and Intel are quietly lobbying against Trump’s Huawei ban, Android Central report.
[June 19] Don’t share our goods with Huawei: US to Indian companies in letter to MEA, The Economic Times report.
[June 19] US ban on Huawei presents Nokia and Ericsson with a huge opportunity, Business Standard report.
[June 20] Huawei technology exposes millions of peoples’ calls to surveillance, US warns, Forbes report.
[June 20] DoT alone will not take call on Huawei, says telecom secretary Aruna Sundarajan, Live Mint report.
[June 20] China asks India to make an independent judgment on Huawei, New Indian Express report.
[June 22] Huawei reportedly sued US Commerce department over seized equipment, ramping up trade war tensions, the Business insider report.
[June 23] Huawei urges India to take ‘informed’ decision on let5tting it join 5G trial, Business Standard report.

Cybersecurity

[June 17] Millions of Venmo transactions scraped in warning over privacy settings, Tech Crunch report.
[June 18] ‘Shot on OnePlus’ app leaked users’ email addresses and other personal data for years, NDTV report; Medianama report.
[June 19] US Senate bill to strengthen cybersecurity coordination with state and local governments, Federal News Network report.
[June 20] Data protection startup Driva’s valuation crosses $1 billion, joins unicorn club, Business Standard report.
[June 21] India, France to deepen cooperation in the cybersecurity sector, All India Radio report.
[June 22] India’s Cybersecurity Strategy Policy in 2020, says National Cybersecurity Coordinator Rajesh Pant, Medianma report.
[June 22] US blacklists 5 Chinese groups working in supercomputing, National Herald report.

Cyberwarfare

[June 15] US escalates attacks on Russia’s power grid, The New York Times report.
[June 17]Experts propose feds use sanctions and cyberweapons to fight deepfakes, Defense One report.
[June 21] Trump made the right call by not pulling the trigger on Iran after it shot down a US drone, former officials say, Business Insider report.
[June 22] Iranian hackers wage cyber campaign amid ongoing tensions with the US, Time Magazine report.
[June 23] Trump approved cyberattacks on Iran after drone downing, Al Jazeera report.
[June 23] US carried out cyberattacks on Iran, New York Times report; The Wall Street Journal report; The Hindu report.

Tech and Military

[June 17] Sniper rifles for India Army delayed as 20 firms offer weapon, but none make ammunition, Defense Aviation Post report.
[June 18] Paris Air Show: Dassault, Airbus unveil stealth jet to replace Rafale, The Week report.
[June 18] Defence University to Defence Chief – Modi Government now has political capital for the big reforms, The Print report.
[June 18] US voices interoperability concerns about Indian S-400 procurement, Jane’s Defence Weekly report.
[June 19] India-US military trade: Partnership between the two nations on an upwards trend, the Financial Express report.
[June 19] Great power competition ushers in a new generation of european weapons, Defense One report.
[June 20] Make aero engines in India for self-reliance: Defence experts, Outlook India report.
[June 21] Navy issues EoI for shortlisting Strategic Partners for building six submarines worth Rs. 45,000 crore, Economic Times report; Business standard report.
[June 21] Two Bengaluru startups first to get CGCA certification for drones Medianama report.
[June 22] One more UPA era defence deal under scanner: CBI searches Sanjay Bhandari’s house, The Deccan herald report ; The Hindu report.
[June 22] US and India to soon sign industrial security annex which will allow transfer of advanced defence technology, Swarajya magazine report.
[June 24] India lining up defence deals worth $10 billion with US amid trade row, Times of India report.
[June 23] Defence forces hope FM will leave enough funds for modernisation in Budget, The Economic Times report.
[June 24] India scraps $500 million arms deal with Israel after DRDO promises Make in India, Indian Express report, International Business times report.
[June 22] Own space station is crucial to India, says ISRO chairman K. Sivan, Business Standard report.

Opinions and Analyses

[June 17] GDPR: Looking to the year ahead, Cooley LLP analysis.
[June 18] Amit Cowshish, Analysis for the IDSA/ Indian Defence Review, Design and Development of equipment by DRDO, DPSUs and Ordnance Factories.
[June 18] China Cybersecurity and Data Protection monthly update by Herbert Smith Freehills on Lexology.
[June 18] Medianama summary: Copyright Amendment Rules 2019: statutory licensing for internet broadcasting firms, stricter code of conduct for copyright societies, etc.
[June 18] Michael Schmitt’s analysis for Just Security (blog), ‘US Cyber Command, Russia and Critical Infrastructure: What Norms and Laws Apply?’.
[June 18] Robert Chesney’s analysis for Lawfare (blog), US Cyber Command and the Russian Grid: Proportional Countermeasures, Statutory Authorities and Presidential Notification.
[June 19] Matthew de Silva, Quartz, The problem with Facebook calling its crypto “Libra”,
[June 19] Is tech too intertwined for Huawei to fall? Fortune analysis.
[June 19] 2001-2019: Huawei’s long history of being considered a national security threat, Medianama summary.
[June 20] Ishan Mehta, Wired, under Trump, the fight against cybercrime has waned.
[June 20] Aayush Mohanty, The Economic Times blog, India’s security interests vis-a-vis the US’ Hobson’s choice.
[June 20] Mei Bowen, Economic Times Telecom, 5G puts the spotlight on network security.
[June 23] Manish Tewari, The Asian Age, The case for regulating social media in India.
[June 21] Martin Giles, MIT Tech Review, Five Reasons why “hacking back” is a recipe for cybersecurity chaos.
[June 23] Zack Doffman, Forbes magazine, US attacks Iran with cyber not missiles—a game changer, not backtrack.

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