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Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 06, 2012
The report covers international privacy principles, national privacy principles, rationale and emerging issues along with an analysis of relevant legislations/bills from a privacy perspective.
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Blog
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Submission on India's Draft Comments on Proposed Changes to the ITU's ITRs
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 03, 2012
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last modified
Dec 07, 2012 04:15 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
ITU,
Internet Governance
Given below are the responses from the representatives of civil society in India (The Society for Knowledge Commons, Centre for Internet & Society, The Delhi Science Forum, Free Software Movement of India, Internet Democracy Project and Media for Change) to the Government of India's proposals for the upcoming WCIT meeting, in December 2012, in Dubai.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Wikipedia: State of Tech — A Talk by Erik Moeller
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 02, 2012
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last modified
Dec 18, 2012 06:51 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Lecture,
Event Type
The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore is hosting a talk by Erik Moeller, Vice President of Engineering and Product Development at the Wikimedia Foundation at its office in Bangalore on November 12, 2012, from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m., followed by a lunch discussion.
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Events
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Submission by Indian Civil Society Organisations on Proposals for the Future ITRs and Related Processes
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 01, 2012
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last modified
Dec 07, 2012 08:00 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
ITU,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the signatories of this submission which was sent in November 2012, in response to the International Telecommunication Union's call for public comments in relation to the revision of International Telecommunication Regulations that are to take place at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai from December 3 to 14, 2012.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Gujarati Wikipedia Article Competition – 10 schools, 200 students, 20 articles on Gujarati Wikipedia
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by
Noopur Raval
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published
Oct 31, 2012
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last modified
Nov 04, 2012 02:12 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
This was a competition to raise Wikipedia awareness and help students discover the joy of writing articles in their native language and an attempt to connect producers having knowledge in Gujarati to a wide audience of more than four lakh readers.
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Openness
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Blog
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Spectrum Management
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Oct 31, 2012
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last modified
Mar 15, 2013 07:07 AM
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filed under:
Telecom
Snehashish takes us through the entire process of spectrum management — auctioning and allocation process for all kinds of spectrum, the initial process of auctioning, how the bidders are selected, criterion for allocation, time taken to allocate, selection of band, interference issues, spectrum refarming, and spectrum reallocation.
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Telecom
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Resources
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Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: Rajkot
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by
Noopur Raval
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published
Oct 31, 2012
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last modified
Oct 31, 2012 08:17 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Video,
Openness
This report analyses a series of meetings and workshops held in Rajkot, a city in Gujarat, India during the month of October 2012.
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Openness
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October 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 31, 2012
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last modified
Nov 08, 2012 11:42 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Researchers at Work
Welcome to the newsletter of October 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis by Ujwala Uppaluri of the Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace, announcement of public call for comments for reports on “Banking and Accessibility in India” and “Making TV Accessible in India”, and updates on Indic languages.
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About Us
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Newsletters
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Banking Accessibility Report
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by
Vrinda Maheshwari
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published
Oct 30, 2012
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filed under:
Accessibility
A study on banking and accessibility in India by Vrinda Maheshwari.
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Accessibility
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Blog
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Rethinking DNA Profiling in India
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Oct 28, 2012
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last modified
Oct 29, 2012 08:00 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
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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Internet Governance
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Blog