The Central Board of Film Certification unveiled the new mobile app & its updated website.

6 June 2023: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting's Central Board of Film Certification has recently debuted its newly updated website (cbfcindia.gov.in) and new mobile app (e-Cine App). Since 2017, CBFC has been working on Phase II advanced digitization, and this represents one of the most significant turning points. The goal is to increase working transparency and efficiency.

The freshly updated website and mobile app were unveiled by Shri Prasoon Joshi, Chairman of the CBFC, with the goal of streamlining the certification process by giving filmmakers, applicants, and all users in general more beneficial, user-centric features.

Both the newly updated CBFC website and the new mobile app are designed to be user-friendly for both candidates and CBFC employees to use at their desks and on mobile devices to learn, find useful information, and complete simpler tasks.

The updated FAQs, a Help Desk, Contacts, a user guide, a video tutorial on registration, an application process, real-time progress tracking, and a search facility are some of the new features of the CBFC website that offer a more thorough understanding of film certification, various Acts, Rules, Important Circulars/communications, Court Judgements, and statistical data on certified films to the applicants.

A timely update on current and upcoming events, circulars, orders, notifications, etc. will be available on the CBFC website after it has been updated. The registered users can log in using their current credentials indefinitely.

The recently created mobile app offers features like real-time progress tracking of application status and notification of potential screening dates, a facility to respond to the notification and show cause notice, and uploading of required documents (including video of fewer than 10 minutes duration), thus encouraging complete automation process and little human intervention. The CBFC Officials may also create and arrange screening committees, monitor the progress of applications, view notice answers, and authorize requests to switch regional offices, among other things.

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Gucci strengthens metaverse presence with Yuga Labs collab

Gucci is continuing its metaverse activities, having signed a multi-year partnership with NFT giant Yuga Labs, the company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks.

Swati Bhat

Spanning fashion and digital entertainment, Kering-owned Gucci is building its presence in the metaverse and Web3 domain. The luxury house is investing to further establish itself as an early adopter of blockchain and decentralisation with immersive experiences and virtual fashion.

Last year Gucci lauched the Gucci Grail in association with 10KTF, were digital apparel and accessories were customised into NFTs. The brand also launched SuperGucci, a second NFT line.

Yuga Labs has proven to be a principal player in Web3, with its Otherside Metaverse recording a sales volume of 222 million dollars for the first quarter of 2023, according to Luxuo.

In a Tweet on Monday evening Gucci said it is “continuing to explore the Metaverse, the House comes together with @yugalabs. Stay tuned as a new narrative takes shape, blurring the boundaries between the physical and digital."

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Facial Recognition Technology

The policies of the Government are aimed at ensuring an Open, Safe and Trusted and Accountable Internet for its users. With the expansion of the Internet, more and more Indians coming online, there is an increase in the facial recognition of biometric information, including information generated for purposes for facial recognition technology.

Pritish Bagdi

Section 43A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 provides that a body corporate which possesses or deals or handles any sensitive personal data or information in a computer resource owned or controlled or operated by it is liable to compensate an affected person for causing wrongful loss or wrongful gain to any person due to negligence in implementing and maintaining reasonable security practices and procedures. Government, in exercise of its powers under the said section, has prescribed the rules regarding sensitive personal data or information as well as the reasonable security practices and procedures to be complied with. As per these, sensitive personal data or information includes biometric information, and biometrics include technologies that measure and analyse facial patterns. The reasonable security practices and procedure includeimplementation of the international standard IS/ISO/IEC 27001 or Government-approved codes of best practices for data protection, and a comprehensive documented information security programme and information security policies that contain managerial, technical, operational and physical security control measures that are commensurate with the information assets being protected with the nature of business. Thus, law to regulate facial recognition technology and manage data related to such technology is in place.

Further, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has prepared a draft Bill, titled the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 and has invited feedback from the public as part of its public consultation exercise.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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