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Meeting of a Sub-committee on DNA Profiling Bill in Hyderabad
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 26, 2013 — last modified Aug 21, 2013 06:21 AM — filed under: ,
A sub-committee has been constituted as per the recommendations of the Expert Committee of DNA Profiling Bill. The sub-committee will have a meeting in Hyderabad on August 6, 2013.
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Meeting of Information Systems Security and Biometrics Sectional Committee
by Admin — published Sep 19, 2018 — filed under: ,
Gurshabad Grover attended the 14th meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Sectional Committee (LITD 17) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which was held at the BIS office in New Delhi on 14 September 2018.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Meeting of the two Sub-Groups on Privacy Issues under the Chairmanship of Justice AP Shah in Delhi
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 14, 2012 — filed under: ,
The next meeting of the two Sub-Groups on privacy issues under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court is scheduled to be held on June 27, 2012 at 11.00 a.m. in the Committee Room No. 228, Yojana Bhawan, Planning Commission.
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Meeting on Proactive Disclosure and Personal Data (Delhi, May 13, 5:30 pm)
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published May 13, 2017 — last modified May 13, 2017 04:32 AM — filed under: , , , ,
CIS is organising an informal discussion on topics related to proactive disclosure and personal data thrown up by the recently published report by Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali titled "Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof)". Please join us at 5:30 pm today, May 13, at the CIS office.
Located in Internet Governance / Events
Messaging apps find another foe in India’s market regulator
by Prasad Krishna — published May 08, 2013 — last modified Jun 05, 2013 10:46 AM — filed under: ,
Paranoid governments and mobile operators aren’t the only one that dislike messaging apps. Regulatory bodies aren’t crazy about them either. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is worried that attempts to pass on confidential information or manipulate markets are originating from within services like WhatsApp and Blackberry Messenger.
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Microsoft says WannaCry ransomware must be a wake-up call for governments
by Prasad Krishna — published May 20, 2017 — last modified Jun 07, 2017 12:55 AM — filed under: ,
Computer security experts said the current attack could have been much worse but for the quick action of a young researcher in Britain who discovered a vulnerability in the ransomware itself, known as WanaCryptor 2.0. It has, however, retweeted a blog post by Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, who directs much of the blame toward the USA government, arguing that it should have alerted the $524 billion tech titan about the problem.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Misuse of Surveillance Powers in India (Case 1)
by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 06, 2013 — filed under: ,
In this series of blog posts, Pranesh Prakash looks at a brief history of misuse of surveillance powers in India. He notes that the government's surveillance powers have been freqently misused, very often without any kind of judicial or political redressal. This, he argues, should lead us as concerned citizens to demand a scaling down of the government's surveillance powers and pass laws to put it place more robust oversight mechanisms.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry MLATs and the proposed Amendments to the US Electronic Communications Privacy Act
by Vipul Kharbanda and Elonnai Hickok — published Oct 20, 2016 — last modified Dec 28, 2016 01:09 AM — filed under: , ,
In continuance of our blog post on mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs), we examine a new approach to international bilateral cooperation being suggested in the United States, by creating a mechanism for certain foreign governments to directly approach the data controllers.
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Modi Govt compromising privacy of individuals: Cong
by Admin — published Mar 26, 2018 — last modified Apr 18, 2018 01:10 AM — filed under: ,
Charging the Narendra Modi Governemt with compromising the privacy of individuals by leaking user information on the Narendra Modi app, the Congress on Monday said the counter allegations by the BJP that the Opposition party was indulging in 'data theft' were an attempt to divert attention from the issue.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry More than a Hundred Global Groups Make a Principled Stand against Surveillance
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jul 31, 2013 — filed under: ,
For some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
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