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MOBILE PHONE PATENTS- PRIOR ART SURVEY: by Prachi Arya — published Oct 17, 2013 — last modified Oct 24, 2013 10:32 AM
A study on a portion of the patent landscape around mobile phone patents, commissioned by CIS earlier this year
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Transparency Reports — A Glance on What Google and Facebook Tell about Government Data Requests: by Prachi Arya — published Sep 12, 2013 — last modified Sep 13, 2013 09:44 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Transparency Reports are a step towards greater accountability but how efficacious are they really?
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6th Privacy Roundtable: by Prachi Arya — last modified Aug 30, 2013 08:15 AM
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Report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable Meeting, New Delhi: by Prachi Arya — published Aug 30, 2013 — last modified Aug 30, 2013 03:04 PM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
In 2013 the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and DSCI, with the objective of gaining public feedback to the Privacy Protection Bill and other possible frameworks for privacy in India. The following is a report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable held in New Delhi on August 24, 2013.
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The Personal Data (Protection) Bill, 2013: by Prachi Arya — published Aug 30, 2013 — last modified Aug 30, 2013 02:53 PM — filed under: SAFEGUARDS, Internet Governance, Privacy
Below is the text of the Personal Data (Protection) Bill, 2013 as discussed at the 6th Privacy Roundtable, New Delhi held on 24 August 2013. Note: This version of the Bill caters only to the Personal Data regime. The surveillance and privacy of communications regime was not discussed at the 6th Privacy Roundtable.
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