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Blog Entry Global Governance Futures 2027 - Session 3, New Delhi
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Jan 15, 2017 — filed under: , , , ,
The Global Governance Futures program (GGF) initiated by Global Public Policy Institute and supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung brings together young professionals to look ahead ten years and recommend ways to address global challenges. Sumandro Chattapadhyay will join Ankhi Das (Facebook) and Arun Mohan Sukumar (Observer Research Foundation) on Tuesday, January 17, to discuss the "data governance" scenarios developed by the GGF 2027 Fellows.
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The soon-to-be launched Aadhaar Pay will let you make purchases using your fingerprint
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2017 — filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
Paying for your groceries and other goods by using your biometrics instead of an e-wallet, debit card or cash seems to be the next phase in the Centre’s ambitious push to shift the country to a “less cash” economy, as its mandarins term it.
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The Dangers Of Aadhaar-Based Payments That No One Is Talking About
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2017 — last modified Jan 17, 2017 02:39 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
Less than three months ago, India’s banking sector was hit by a data breach which compromised 32 lakh debit cards and led to fraudulent transactions worth Rs 1.3 crore.
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India’s Digital ID Rollout Collides With Rickety Reality
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 17, 2017 — filed under: , , ,
India’s new digital identification system, years in the making and now being put into widespread use, has yet to deliver the new era of modern efficiency it promised for shop owner Om Prakash and customer Daya Chand.
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Netizen Report: The EU Wrestles With Facebook Over Privacy
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 27, 2016 — filed under: ,
Global Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world.
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Blog Entry Flaws in the UIDAI Process
by Hans Varghese Mathews — published Mar 06, 2016 — last modified Mar 06, 2016 10:40 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The accuracy of biometric identification depends on the chance of a false positive: the probability that the identifiers of two persons will match. Individuals whose identifiers match might be termed duplicands. When very many people are to be identified success can be measured by the (low) proportion of duplicands. The Government of India is engaged upon biometrically identifying the entire population of India. An experiment performed at an early stage of the programme has allowed us to estimate the chance of a false positive: and from that to estimate the proportion of duplicands. For the current population of 1.2 billion the expected proportion of duplicands is 1/121, a ratio which is far too high.
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Blog Entry Personal Data Protection Bill must examine data collection practices that emerged during pandemic
by Shweta Mohandas and Anamika Kundu — published Mar 30, 2022 — filed under: , ,
The PDP bill is speculated to be introduced during the winter session of the parliament soon. The PDP Bill in its current form provides wide-ranging exemptions which allow government agencies to process citizen’s data in order to fulfil its responsibilities. The bill could ensure that employers have some responsibility towards the data they collect from the employees.
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Blog Entry Comments to the draft Motor Vehicle Aggregators Scheme, 2021
by Chiara Furtado, Aayush Rathi and Abhishek Sekharan — published Apr 01, 2022 — filed under: , ,
This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS) to the draft Motor Vehicle Aggregators Scheme, 2021 published by the Transport Department, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, (hereafter “draft Scheme”).
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Blog Entry Rethinking Acquisition of Digital Devices by Law Enforcement Agencies
by Harikartik Ramesh — published Apr 16, 2022 — last modified May 02, 2022 09:27 AM — filed under: , ,
This article has been selected as a part of The Right to Privacy and the Legality of Surveillance series organized in collaboration with the RGNUL Student Research Review (RSRR) Journal.
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Blog Entry A Public Meeting on DNA Profiling Bill in Delhi
by Elonnai Hickok — published Sep 29, 2012 — last modified Oct 10, 2012 10:58 AM — filed under: ,
On September 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet and Society hosted a public talk at the Indian International Centre focused on the draft DNA Profiling Bill. Presenting at the meeting were international experts Dr. Helen Wallace, director of GeneWatch UK and Jeremy Gruber, president and executive director of the Council for Responsible Genetics US, and Dr. Anupuma Raina, senior scientist at AIIMs.
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