In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 18th August 2019 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E, for their support. Delhi Police recommends relaxing of restrictions on investigative agencies in the Data Protection Bill The Delhi Police had recommended “relaxing” liabilities on law enforcement agencies under the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2018, a senior Delhi Police official told MediaNama on condition of anonymity. The source said that the liability on them is “not warranted” and “maybe the government will listen”. Read it here Why Aadhaar-social media linkage petitioner Janani Krishnamurthy wants traceability Janani Krishnamurthy filed the second PIL (writ petition no. 20214/2018) that sough a writ mandamus (special order by court) to link Aadhaar with social media accounts. Read it here Facebook moves SC to hear the WhatsApp traceability case, SC to hear transfer petition on Aug 19 Earlier this morning, a Supreme Court division bench constituting Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice B.R. Gavai said that they would hear Facebook and WhatsApp’s plea to move the traceability case to the SC on August 19, sources who were at the hearing told MediaNama. Read it here Centre for Internet & Society's comments on NDHB: Literacy and benefits of PHR, access to anonymised data, consent as product The Centre for Internet & Society has made its submission to the National Digital Health Blueprint 2019 public, it addresses challenges and caveats in implementing an EHR system in India, wherein digital literacy and literacy levels…
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