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WhatsApp ruling: Experts seek privacy law
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 27, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
WhatsApp,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
On August 25, Whatsapp updated its policy to share user content with social network; the decision opened new monetisation models for the messaging app.
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Right to Food Campaign, Ranchi Convention, 2016
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 26, 2016
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last modified
Mar 16, 2019 04:40 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
Biometrics,
Big Data for Development,
UID
The Right to Food Campaign held its 2016 Convention in Ranchi during September 23-25, 2016. While three years have elapsed since the passage of the National Food Security Act, despite improvements in the Public Distribution System (PDS), large implementation gaps remain. This is what the Convention focused on, and gathered researchers and campaigners from across the country to share experiences and case studies on effectiveness and exclusions from the PDS. Sumandro Chattapadhyay took part in a session of the Convention to discuss how UID-linked welfare delivery is being rolled out across key programmes like provision of pension and rationed distribution of essential commodities, and their impact on people's right to welfare services.
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News & Media
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When the war’s on WhatsApp
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 25, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
WhatsApp,
Internet Governance
Slick, jingoistic videos are whipping up pro-war rhetoric on social media after the Uri terror attack.
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LITD 17 Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards Meeting
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 23, 2016
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last modified
Oct 07, 2016 01:38 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Vanya Rakesh attended the LITD-17 committee meeting (committee on Information Systems Security and Biometrics) organised by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 23 September 2016 in Bengaluru.
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Young Scholars' Programme, CPRSouth 2016
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 23, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
ICT
Rohini Lakshané took part in the Young Scholars' Programme organized by Communication Policy Research South from September 6 to 7, 2016 in Zanzibar.
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Internet Rights and Wrongs
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 22, 2016
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
IT Act,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
With a rise in PIL's for unwarranted censorship, do we need to step back and inspect if it's about time unreasonable trends are checked?
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The Future of Privacy in the Age of Big Data
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 22, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Big Data,
Privacy
A study tour on privacy and big data was organised by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom from September 3 to 10, 2016 in Berlin and Hamburg. Vanya Rakesh was one of the participants from South Asia who went for the tour.
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News & Media
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Is India Prepared for a Cyber Attack? Suckfly And Other Past Responses Say No
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 22, 2016
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance
From mandatory disclosures to improving CERT-IN’s functioning and transparency, there is much to be done in the event of future cyber attacks.
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Workshop on Big Data in India: Benefits, Harms, and Human Rights (Delhi, October 01)
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by
Vanya Rakesh
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published
Sep 20, 2016
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last modified
Sep 28, 2016 05:53 AM
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filed under:
Development,
Big Data,
Internet Governance,
Digital Security,
Digital India,
Digitisation,
Digital subjectivities,
Biometrics,
Big Data for Development,
E-Governance,
Digital Rights
CIS welcomes you to participate in the workshop we are organising on Saturday, October 01 at India Habitat Centre, Delhi, to discuss benefits, harms, and human rights implications of big data technologies, and explore potential research questions. A quick RSVP will be much appreciated.
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Events
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Glaring Errors in UIDAI's Rebuttal
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 18, 2016
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last modified
Sep 18, 2016 03:22 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This response note by Pranesh Prakash questions Unique Identification Authority of India’s reply to Hans Verghese Mathews' article titled “Flaws in the UIDAI Process” (EPW, March 12, 2016), which found “serious mathematical errors” in the article.
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