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Blog Entry Public Statement to Final Draft of UID Bill
by Elonnai Hickok — published Dec 07, 2010 — last modified Mar 22, 2012 05:48 AM — filed under: ,
The final draft of the UID Bill that will be submitted to the Lok Sabha was made public on 8 November 2010. If the Bill is approved by Parliament, it will become a legal legislation in India. The following note contains Civil Society's response to the final draft of the Bill.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
Blog Entry Q&A to the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy
by Elonnai Hickok — published Nov 09, 2012 — filed under: ,
In January 2012 Justice A.P. Shah formed a committee consisting of a group of experts to contribute to and create a report of recommendations for a privacy legislation in India. The committee met a total of seven times from January to September 2012. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) was a member of the committee creating the report. This blog post is CIS’s attempt to answer questions that have arisen from media coverage on the report, based on our understanding.
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Blog Entry Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy vs. The Leaked 2014 Privacy Bill
by Elonnai Hickok — published Apr 14, 2014 — filed under: , ,
Following our previous post comparing the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill with the leaked 2011 Privacy Bill, this post will compare the recommendations provided in the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy by the Justice AP Shah Committee to the text of the leaked 2014 Privacy Bill. Below is an analysis of recommendations from the Report that are incorporated in the text of the Bill, and recommendations in the Report that are not incorporated in the text of the Bill.
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Blog Entry Rethinking DNA Profiling in India
by Elonnai Hickok — published Oct 28, 2012 — last modified Oct 29, 2012 08:00 AM — filed under: ,
DNA profile databases can be useful tools in solving crime, but given that the DNA profile of a person can reveal very personal information about the individual, including medical history, family history and so on, a more comprehensive legislation regulating the collection, use, analysis and storage of DNA samples needs included in the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill.
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File Rethinking Privacy Principles
by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 11, 2017
Located in Internet Governance / Files
Blog Entry Right to Privacy Bill 2010 — A Few Comments
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jul 20, 2011 — last modified Mar 22, 2012 06:26 AM — filed under: ,
Earlier this year, in February 2011, Rajeev Chandrasekhar introduced the Right to Privacy Bill, 2010 in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill is meant to “provide protection to the privacy of persons including those who are in public life”. Though the Bill states that its objective is to protect individuals’ fundamental right to privacy, the focus of the Bill is on the protection against the use of electronic/digital recording devices in public spaces without consent and for the purpose of blackmail or commercial use.
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Blog Entry SCOSTA and UID Comparison not Valid, says Finance Committee
by Elonnai Hickok — published Oct 14, 2011 — last modified Nov 22, 2011 04:37 PM — filed under:
The Standing Committee on Finance Branch, Lok Sabha Secretariat has responded to the suggestions offered by CIS on the National Identification Authority of India, Bill 2010 and has requested it to mail its views by 14 October 2011.
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Blog Entry Security and Surveillance – Optimizing Security while Safeguarding Human Rights
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jan 19, 2015 — last modified Feb 13, 2015 02:41 AM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on December 19, 2014 held a talk on “Security and Surveillance – Optimizing Security while Safeguarding Human Rights.
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Blog Entry Security, Governments and Data: Technology and Policy
by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 31, 2015 — last modified Apr 04, 2015 05:59 AM — filed under: ,
On January 8, 2015, the Centre for Internet and Society, in collaboration with the Observer research foundation, hosted the day long conference "Security, Governments, and Data: Technology and Policy" The conference discussed a range of topics including internet governance, surveillance, privacy, and cyber security.
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Security, Governments, and Data: Technology and Policy
by Elonnai Hickok — published Dec 24, 2014 — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet & Society and the Observer Research Foundation invite you to a one day conference on January 8, 2015 in New Delhi.
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