Policy Advocacy 

Policy advocacy refers to advocacy tactics, strategies, and initiatives that target changes to policies and legislation with regard to Cyber issues. These advocacy initiatives seek to establish new policies, improve existing policies, or challenge the development of policies that diminish resources and opportunities for vulnerable groups of people such as children and youth. 

Policy advocacy what we do seeks to engage various sectors of the government which includes: public servants, bureaucrats, political appointees, elected officials, and legislators. Our all policy advocacy is generated by case and 's' systems advocacy.

What DO we do?

1. Policy monitoring and public accountability

2. Policy Dialogue

3. Campaigns for policy change

4. Building the advocacy capacity of stakeholder groups

5. Pathfinder and demonstrator projects

6. Providing independent suggestions and advice on The IT Act,2000, DPDP Act, Digital India Act, and other regulations by Regulators

Some of the policies we are Advocating are:

• Policy for Distribution of Free SSL certificates by the Government to SME's and Education Institutes;

• Policy for establishing of remedial Data Protection Law Framework in India;

• Policy to distribute free smartphones having vernacular language interface in the rural areas for greater; financial inclusion by capitalising digital wallet revolution in India;

• Policy to introduce "Cyber security Culture" subject in primary school syllabus; 

• Policy to establish "Cyber Crime Courts" in each in every district;

• Policy to establish a "Cyber Police cadre " in every state, this would be Federally managed and state-controlled as LEA remains a state subject in India;

• Policy for Net neutrality;

• Policy to bring rules for Data Localisation;

• To make the "Right to Internet" as a Fundamental right in India and across the World;

• Policy to handle Online Defamation and framing of rules for "Right to forget" in cyberspace; 

• Policy to have Online Dispute Resolution i.e. online courts for cyber frauds and grievances