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India's billion-member biometric database raises privacy fears
by Prasad Krishna published Mar 17, 2016 — filed under: , ,
India's parliament is set to pass legislation that gives federal agencies access to the world's biggest biometric database in the interests of national security, raising fears the privacy of a billion people could be compromised.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
India's biometric database crosses billion-member mark
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 07, 2016 — filed under: , ,
India's biometric database notched up one billion members on Monday, as the government sought to allay concerns about privacy breaches in the world's biggest such scheme.
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Blog Entry India's Biometric Identification Programs and Privacy Concerns
by Divij Joshi published Mar 31, 2013 last modified Jul 21, 2016 10:51 AM — filed under: , ,
The invasiveness of individual identification coupled with the fallibility of managing big data which biometric identification presents poses a huge risk to individual privacy in India.
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India's centralised snooping system facing big delays
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 15, 2013 — filed under: ,
Central Monitoring System lacks algorithms, database and data.
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Blog Entry India's Contribution to Internet Governance Debates
by Sunil Abraham, Mukta Batra, Geetha Hariharan, Swaraj Barooah and Akriti Bopanna published Aug 16, 2018 — filed under: , , ,
India's Contribution to Internet Governance Debates", an article by Sunil Abraham, Mukta Batra, Geetha Hariharan, Swaraj Barooah and Akriti Bopanna, was recently published in the NLUD Student Law Journal, an annual peer-reviewed journal published by the National Law University, Delhi.
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Blog Entry India's Data Protection Framework Will Need to Treat Privacy as a Social and Not Just an Individual Good
by Amber Sinha published May 18, 2018 — filed under: ,
The idea that technological innovations may compete with privacy of individuals assumes that there is social and/or economic good in allowing unrestricted access to data. However, it must be remembered that data is potentially a toxic asset, if it is not collected, processed, secured and shared in the appropriate way.
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Blog Entry India's Identity Crisis
by Malavika Jayaram published Dec 31, 2013 last modified Jan 09, 2014 07:56 AM — filed under: ,
Malavika Jayaram's article was published in 2013 Internet Monitor Annual Report: Reflections on the Digital World, published by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
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India's Internet Privacy Woes
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 27, 2013 last modified Sep 05, 2013 11:09 AM — filed under: ,
“For the sake of national security and to protect the privacy of its citizens, India should develop its own social media platforms,” says Dr Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO of Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a Nasscom-promoted ‘self-regulatory’ organisation on data protection and privacy in India, in a blog post dated August 13.
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India's Latest Data Leak: People's Aadhaar Number And Bank Account Are Just One Google Search Away
by Admin published Jul 13, 2018 — filed under: , ,
Even Truecaller doesn't reveal this much.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry India's National Cyber Security Policy in Review
by Jonathan Diamond published Jul 31, 2013 — filed under: , ,
Earlier this month, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology released India’s first National Cyber Security Policy. Years in the making, the Policy sets high goals for cyber security in India and covers a wide range of topics, from institutional frameworks for emergency response to indigenous capacity building.
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