Data privacy and surveillance in India: Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Prasanna S.

By February 24, 2022

Suchitra Vijayan speaks to Prasanna S. about data privacy in India, the state’s use of the Pegasus spyware to surveil voices of dissent and what it means for civil rights in the country. The discussion was originally held on Twitter Spaces.

Prasanna S.

Prasanna S. is a Delhi-based lawyer. Prior to commencing his law practice, he worked for nearly 10 years writing, designing and architecting software, having had a background and degree in computer science and engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. He earned his three-year LLB from the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. He assisted the Petitioners’ side in the Aadhaar cases before the Supreme Court.

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Suchitra Vijayan is the founder and executive director of The Polis Project and the author of Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India and How Long Can the Moon Be Caged? Voices of Indian Political Prisoners.

Data privacy and surveillance in India: Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Prasanna S.


Suchitra Vijayan is the founder and executive director of The Polis Project and the author of Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India and How Long Can the Moon Be Caged? Voices of Indian Political Prisoners.