[PLUG] Seeking information on local communities focused on legal aspects of FSF

[sankarshan]

On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 at 12:48, Amey Abhyankar <sco1984 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Namaskar अमेय साठे ,
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> On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 at 13:40, अमेय साठे <aakreet40-plug at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > Namaskar plug members,
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> Surprisingly your email went into the 'spam' section in my GMAIlL
> which is strange.
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> > My relative is an experienced legal professional.  I convinced her to lend her expertise to the free software movement, voluntarily or in professional manner in her personal capacity. My internet search skills gave me the following result Software Freedom Law  Center [1]  Can this user group share with  me, names of similar  local active  communities, Pune or India based dealing with legal aspects of FSF ? Thanks, Ameya Sathe
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Aside from SFLC there is the IFF (https://internetfreedom.in/) which
engages in the topic of digital rights, internet and privacy. My
suggestion would be to participate in some of the talks organized by
Hasgeek in order to get familiar with the individuals and
organizations doing work at the intersection of law, technology,
rights and equity. And then figuring out the specific aspect which
gets her motivated to bring her expertise to bear.

> https://fsf.org.in/ Is definitely a good start.
> She can also start reading & understanding about FSF Europe =
> https://fsfe.org/index.en.html
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> Recent news says the Govt of Canada is implementing CCPA. [Yes just
> like GDPR]  = https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2020/11/new-proposed-law-to-better-protect-canadians-privacy-and-increase-their-control-over-their-data-and-personal-information.html

The approach taken in Canada is not exactly a lift-and-shift of CCPA
(if by which you mean the California Consumer Privacy Act). For what
it is worth there is also a strong adoption of digital verifiable
credentials see DIACC (https://diacc.ca/) and PCTF
(https://canada-ca.github.io/PCTF-CCP/)