All about Powerplay, the new privacy-themed card game from India

When Ishita Begani, a Delhi-based UX designer, had to finalise the topic for her undergraduate thesis in 2019, she was torn between multiple ideas. What stuck with her was a need to make an impact on society. With the controversial Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, making the rounds on social media at the time, Ishita became aware of the confusion surrounding data privacy and wondered how to make it comprehensible. In four months, PowerPlay was born. The 22-year-old designed India’s first privacy card game centred around building awareness about data protection.