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Privacy vs. Transparency: An Attempt at Resolving the Dichotomy
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Nov 14, 2014
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last modified
Mar 08, 2015 06:26 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Featured,
Video,
Aadhaar,
Openness,
Open Access
The right to privacy has been articulated in international law and in some national laws. In a few countries where the constitution does not explicitly guarantee such a right, courts have read the right to privacy into other rights (e.g., the right to life, the right to equal treatment under law and also the right to freedom of speech and expression).
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55 Works of Iconic Indian writer released under Free Licence to benefit Wikisource
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by
T. Vishnu Vardhan
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published
Nov 13, 2014
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last modified
Nov 14, 2014 01:29 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
Kannada is a language spoken by 40 million people in Karnataka – one of the four southern states of India.The Kannada Wikimedia community, in collaboration with CIS-A2K, are enthusiastic about having almost all of the works of Niranjana re-licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 on the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava.
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Times Group wants TRAI to save the Internet from greedy telcos via Net Neutrality
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 10, 2014
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last modified
Dec 05, 2014 12:52 AM
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filed under:
Telecom
In an especially strong attack against perceived threats to its Internet-based business, the Times of India group has sought regulatory intervention to ensure what is popularly called Net Neutrality, or the concept that internet service providers must charge only from the end consumer.
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Telecom
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News & Media
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Getting Strategic about Openness and Privacy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 09, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Internet Governance
This blog post by Tim Davies, Open Data Research Lead at Web Foundation was published in Open Up? on November 3, 2014.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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White Paper on RTI and Privacy V1.2
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Nov 09, 2014
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This white paper explores the relationship between privacy and transparency in the context of the right to information in India. Analysing pertinent case law and legislation - the paper highlights how the courts and the law in India address questions of transparency vs. privacy.
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Central Guidelines and Schemes
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by
Anandhi Viswanathan
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published
Nov 06, 2014
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filed under:
Accessibility
The Department of Disability Affairs under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is responsible for the welfare of persons with disabilities in India. The office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has been set up under the Ministry to safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities.
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ನಿರಂಜನರ ಕೃತಿಗಳು CC-BY-SA 4.0 ಪರವಾನಗಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮರುಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿವೆ
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by
Omshivaprakash and Tejas Jain
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published
Nov 03, 2014
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last modified
Nov 03, 2014 03:04 PM
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filed under:
Creative Commons,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರಂಜನರ ಬಹುಪಾಲು ಕೃತಿಗಳು CC-BY-SA 4.0 ಪರವಾನಗಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮರುಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿವೆಯೆಂದು ಸಿಐಎಸ್-ಎ೨ಕೆಯ ಸಹಯೋಗದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಬಳಗವು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಹರ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
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Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text – II: What India’s ITU Proposal May Mean for Internet Governance
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Nov 01, 2014
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last modified
Nov 03, 2014 07:07 AM
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filed under:
Multi-stakeholder,
ITU,
Internet Governance
The UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is hosting its Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) this year in South Korea. At PP-14, India introduced a new draft resolution on ITU's Role in Realising Secure Information Society. The Draft Resolution has grave implications for human rights and Internet governance. Geetha Hariharan explores.
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Blog
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October 2014 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 31, 2014
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last modified
Nov 23, 2014 04:40 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Digital Humanities,
Openness
Welcome to the tenth issue of the newsletter (October 2014).
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About Us
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Newsletters
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Converting from nonUnicode (Nudi, Baraha, ...) font encoding to Unicode Kannada
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Oct 31, 2014
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last modified
Oct 23, 2016 03:36 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
People have been using computers for typing and printing Kannada text for more than 25 years. Most of the usage of Kannada on computers was limited to the DTP arena.
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