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Free Net advocates flay Trai's public Wi-Fi paper
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 20, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Stakeholders vouching for a cheap and open Internet have flagged concerns over privacy and regulatory hurdles.
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A Comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012
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by
Maria Xynou
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published
Mar 15, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 03:32 PM
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filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In this post, Maria Xynou gives us a comparison of the Draft DNA Profiling Bill 2007 and the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012.
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Hacking without borders: The future of artificial intelligence and surveillance
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by
Maria Xynou
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published
Mar 15, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 03:30 PM
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filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In this post, Maria Xynou looks at some of DARPA´s artificial intelligence surveillance technologies in regards to the right to privacy and their potential future use in India.
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Workshop on the Unique Identity Number (UID), the National Population Register (NPR) and Governance: What will happen to our data?
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by
Maria Xynou
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published
Mar 18, 2013
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last modified
Jul 12, 2013 03:28 PM
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filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
On March 2nd, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Say No to UID campaign organized a workshop to discuss the present state of the UID and NPR schemes. Some of the questions which were addressed included ´How do the UID and NPR impact citizenship´, ´Why and how is national security linked to UID/NPR´, and ´What is the relationship between UID and Big Data´.
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Global Partners Meeting @ London
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 20, 2013
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Privacy International is organizing the Global Partners Meeting in London from March 22 to 25, 2013. The workshop will be held at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Sunil Abraham and Malavika Jayaram will be participating in this event.
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CIS Welcomes Standing Committee Report on IT Rules
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 27, 2013
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last modified
Apr 03, 2013 10:54 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship,
Homepage
The Centre for Internet and Society welcomes the report by the Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation, in which it has lambasted the government and has recommended that the government amend the Rules it passed in April 2011 under section 79 of the Information Technology Act.
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Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 1: Foundations
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 13, 2014
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last modified
Jan 23, 2014 03:12 PM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Constitutional Law,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In this insightful seven-part series, Gautam Bhatia looks at surveillance and the right to privacy in India from a constitutional perspective, tracing its genealogy through Supreme Court case law and compares it with the law in the USA.
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Interview with Mathew Thomas from the Say No to UID campaign - UID Court Cases
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by
Maria Xynou
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published
Jan 27, 2014
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filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) recently interviewed Mathew Thomas from the Say No to UID campaign about his ongoing efforts to challenge the UID scheme legally in the Bangalore High Court and Supreme Court of India. Read this interview and gain an interesting insight on recent legal developments with regards to the UID!
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Making the Powerful Accountable
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by
Chinmayi Arun
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published
Jan 30, 2014
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last modified
Jan 30, 2014 06:43 AM
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filed under:
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Transparency and Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Openness
If powerful figures are not subjected to transparent court proceedings, the opacity in the face of a critical issue is likely to undermine public faith in the judiciary.
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Data Privacy Day 2014
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 29, 2014
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last modified
Feb 04, 2014 05:34 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
January 28 is annually celebrated as Data Privacy Day (DPD). Data Security Council of India (DSCI) organized the annual meeting J N Tata Hall, Bldg 1, Infosys Campus, Infosys Ltd., Electronics City, Bangalore. Elonnai Hickok was a panelist.
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