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Supreme Court issues notice to WhatsApp, Centre on data privacy
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 17, 2017
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Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Analysts said India lacked data protection laws.
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The Dangers Of Aadhaar-Based Payments That No One Is Talking About
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 17, 2017
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last modified
Jan 17, 2017 02:39 PM
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filed under:
Digital Payment,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital Money,
Digital India,
Aadhaar
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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The soon-to-be launched Aadhaar Pay will let you make purchases using your fingerprint
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2017
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filed under:
Demonetisation,
Digital Payment,
Digital Governance,
Digital Economy,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital Money,
Video,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
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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Millions of Indians move from cash to digital payments. But some ask whether it’s safe
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2017
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filed under:
Digital Money,
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance,
Digital Economy
Minutes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began an ambitious new mobile-phone-payment application in December, several clones of the app popped up at Android smartphone stores.
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Global Governance Futures 2027 - Session 3, New Delhi
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jan 15, 2017
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filed under:
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Data Governance,
E-Governance,
Digital Rights
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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Social Media Monitoring
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Jan 13, 2017
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last modified
Jan 16, 2017 02:23 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance
We see a trend of social media and communication monitoring and surveillance initiatives in India which have the potential to create a chilling effect on free speech online and raises question about the privacy of individuals. In this paper, Amber Sinha looks at social media monitoring as a tool for surveillance, the current state of social media surveillance in India, and evaluate how the existing regulatory framework in India may deal with such practices in future.
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Blog
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Comments on the Proposed ICANN Community Anti-Harassment Policy
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by
Padma Venkataraman, Rohini Lakshané, Sampada Nayak and Vidushi Marda
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published
Jan 13, 2017
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filed under:
ICANN,
Internet Governance
ICANN sought community input on the Proposed ICANN Community Anti-Harassment Policy on 7 November 2016. In response to this the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments.
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Blog
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Comments on the Report of the Committee on Digital Payments (December 2016)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha
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published
Jan 12, 2017
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last modified
Jan 12, 2017 12:32 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Digital ID,
Big Data,
Digital Economy,
Digital Access,
Privacy,
Digital Security,
Data Revolution,
Digital Payment,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Data Protection,
Demonetisation,
Homepage,
Featured,
Aadhaar
The Committee on Digital Payments constituted by the Ministry of Finance and chaired by Ratan P. Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog, submitted its report on the "Medium Term Recommendations to Strengthen Digital Payments Ecosystem" on December 09, 2016. The report was made public on December 27, and comments were sought from the general public. Here are the comments submitted by the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Blog
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Myanmar Digital Rights Forum proposes a path away from 66(d)
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 10, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance
More than 55 representatives from technology companies, government, media and civil society organizations gathered at the innovation lab Phandeeyar to participate in the Myanmar Digital Rights Forum this morning. The two-day event was organized to address critical digital rights challenges in Myanmar.
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New Media, personalisation and the role of algorithms
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Jan 02, 2017
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last modified
Jan 16, 2017 07:20 AM
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filed under:
Human Rights,
Big Data,
Internet Governance,
Machine Learning,
Algorithms,
New Media
In his much acclaimed book, The Filter Bubble, Eli Pariser explains how personalisation of services on the web works and laments that they are creating individual bubbles for each user, which run counter to the idea of the Internet as an inherently open place. While Pariser’s book looks at the practices of various large companies providing online services, he briefly touches upon the role of new media such as search engines and social media portals in new curation. Building upon Pariser’s unexplored argument, this article looks at the impact of algorithmic decision-making and Big Data in the context of news reporting and curation.
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