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Oyo Hotels’ Real-Time Digital Record Database Sparks Privacy Fears
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Admin
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published
Jan 18, 2019
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Oyo Hotels’ pilot to maintain a real-time digital database of guests and plan to share it with law-enforcement agencies has triggered privacy concerns.
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They know where you are
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 18, 2019
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last modified
Jan 18, 2019 02:14 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
With hotel-booking app routinely sharing real-time guest data with police and government, lives of those fleeing persecution is in danger, privacy advocates fear.
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The DNA Bill has a sequence of problems that need to be resolved
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by
Shweta Mohandas and Elonnai Hickok
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published
Jan 15, 2019
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filed under:
DNA Profiling,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In its current form, it’s far from comprehensive and fails to adequately address privacy and security concerns.
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Registering for Aadhaar in 2019
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jan 03, 2019
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last modified
Jan 03, 2019 02:59 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
It is a lot less scary registering for Aadhaar in 2019 than it was in 2010, given how the authentication modalities have since evolved.
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The dark side of future tech: Where are we headed on privacy, security, truth?
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by
Admin
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published
Dec 30, 2018
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last modified
Dec 30, 2018 09:24 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
#2018 Year-End Special: We now live in a time when devices listen, chips track your choices, and governments can watch from behind a barcode. How do we navigate this world?
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Is the new ‘interception’ order old wine in a new bottle?
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Elonnai Hickok, Vipul Kharbanda, Shweta Mohandas and Pranav M. Bidare
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published
Dec 29, 2018
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filed under:
IT Act,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Cyber Security,
Information Technology
The government could always authorise intelligence agencies to intercept and monitor communications, but the lack of clarity is problematic.
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Big Brother is here: Amid snooping row, govt report says monitoring system 'practically complete'
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Admin
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published
Dec 26, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The recently released 2017-18 annual report of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) says that surveillance equipment is being rolled out in 21 service areas across the country.
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How data privacy and governance issues have battered Facebook ahead of 2019 polls
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Admin
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published
Dec 25, 2018
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last modified
Dec 25, 2018 01:43 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Rohit S, an airline pilot, had enough of Facebook. With over 1,000 friends and part of at least a dozen groups on subjects ranging from planes to politics, the 34-year-old found himself constantly checking his phone for updates and plunging headlong into increasingly noisy debates, where he had little personal connect.
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Is Aadhaar Essential To Achieve Error-Free Electoral Rolls?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 25, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Election Commission’s plans to link Aadhaar with electoral rolls may have stirred a hornet’s nest.
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Centre’s order on computer surveillance threatens right to privacy, experts say
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Admin
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published
Dec 25, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Constitutional validity of the notification allowing ten agencies to intercept information is uncertain.
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