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Raman Jit Singh Chima (Archived Bio)

Asia Pacific Policy Director, Senior International Counsel

Raman Jit Singh Chima is Senior International Counsel and Asia Pacific Policy Director at the international non-profit organisation Access Now, where he also serves as the organisation’s Global Cybersecurity Lead. He co-founded India’s SaveTheInternet.in campaign for net neutrality, and later helped co-found the Article 21 Trust and the Internet Freedom Foundation. He assisted the legal team involved in the Supreme Court of India’s landmark Shreya Singhal v. Union of India judgment on Internet free speech, and has been included in Forbes Magazine’s 30-Under-30 list of leaders in India under the Law and Policy category in 2016. He previously served as Policy Counsel and Government Affairs Manager in Google’s Asia Pacific team and held senior roles in industry associations. In 2019, he was awarded a Chevening Cybersecurity Fellowship and completed a programme of study at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. Raman is a graduate of the National Law School of India University at Bangalore, where he co-founded and was later elected chief editor of the Indian Journal of Law and Technology.

GDPR

No place for privacy in India as government withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill

3 Aug 2022

The government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill, which had been in the works for three years, slamming the brakes indefinitely on privacy safeguards in India.

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No place for privacy in India as government withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill
3 Aug 2022
No place for privacy in India as government withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill
Meta Human Rights

Meta must disclose India’s Human Rights Impact Assessment

29 Jul 2022

Access Now calls on Meta to follow up its Human Rights Impact Assessment with full disclosure on India and concrete action to address its impacts. 

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Meta must disclose India’s Human Rights Impact Assessment
29 Jul 2022
Meta must disclose India’s Human Rights Impact Assessment
India fake news law

Civil society calls on Indian government to withdraw amendments to IT Rules

12 Jul 2022

Access Now joins a coalition of organizations in calling on the government of India to withdraw the amendments recently proposed to the IT Rules 2021.

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Civil society calls on Indian government to withdraw amendments to IT Rules
12 Jul 2022
Civil society calls on Indian government to withdraw amendments to IT Rules
GDPR

Access Now submission on the National Data Governance Framework Policy

20 Jun 2022
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Access Now submission on the National Data Governance Framework Policy
20 Jun 2022
Access Now submission on the National Data Governance Framework Policy
spyware

End the impunity: police surveillance and hacking in India must be eradicated

17 Jun 2022

The Indian parliament and the judiciary must immediately initiate independent and transparent investigations into illegal hacking and surveillance. 

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End the impunity: police surveillance and hacking in India must be eradicated
17 Jun 2022
End the impunity: police surveillance and hacking in India must be eradicated
India fake news law

Indian IT Ministry’s amendments to the 2021 IT Rules: not enough to protect rights and freedoms

6 Jun 2022

Access Now is urgently calling on India’s MeitY to substantially amend the Rules, ensuring the rights of people across India are upheld.

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Indian IT Ministry’s amendments to the 2021 IT Rules: not enough to protect rights and freedoms
6 Jun 2022
Indian IT Ministry’s amendments to the 2021 IT Rules: not enough to protect rights and freedoms
Digital censorship

Access Now’s first oral statement at the second session of the UN AHC Cybercrime meeting

1 Jun 2022
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Access Now’s first oral statement at the second session of the UN AHC Cybercrime meeting
1 Jun 2022
Access Now’s first oral statement at the second session of the UN AHC Cybercrime meeting
Digital censorship

India’s CERT-In must withdraw April Directions and strengthen privacy and cybersecurity

1 Jun 2022

Access Now and a coalition of organisations and individuals are urging India’s CERT-In to withdraw the April Directions.

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India’s CERT-In must withdraw April Directions and strengthen privacy and cybersecurity
1 Jun 2022
India’s CERT-In must withdraw April Directions and strengthen privacy and cybersecurity
South Sudan #KeepItOn

Internet shutdowns in 2021 report: India is the world’s largest offender

28 Apr 2022

India is the world’s largest offender, and blacked out the internet at least 106 times in 2021. Read “The return of digital authoritarianism: internet shutdowns in 2021”

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Internet shutdowns in 2021 report: India is the world’s largest offender
28 Apr 2022
Internet shutdowns in 2021 report: India is the world’s largest offender
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Update: internet access, censorship, and the Myanmar coup

18 Mar 2022

The Myanmar military is consolidating control over the telecom sector, expanding surveillance and invading privacy. The telecom sector must push back.

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Update: internet access, censorship, and the Myanmar coup
18 Mar 2022
Update: internet access, censorship, and the Myanmar coup