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Citizens’ Draft Privacy Bill Seeks To Revolutionise Data Collection, Storage In India
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Admin
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Jun 11, 2018
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
A draft privacy bill proposes sweeping reforms to the way personal data is collected, processed and stored in India.
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Comments on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics
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Gurshabad Grover and Sandeep Kumar
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published
Jun 07, 2018
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last modified
Jun 07, 2018 02:54 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Draft National Policy on Official Statistics which was released to the public by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 17th May 2018 for comments and views.
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EC disables easy access to electoral data across states
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Admin
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published
Jun 05, 2018
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last modified
Jun 29, 2018 01:59 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
The recently-concluded Assembly elections may have set more than just one precedent with implications for the entire nation.
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CIS contributes to ABLI Compendium on Regulation of Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data in Asia
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Amber Sinha and Elonnai Hickok
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published
May 31, 2018
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last modified
Jun 03, 2018 03:10 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Asian Business Law Institute, based in Singapore published a compendium on “Regulation of cross-border transfer of personal data in Asia”. This was part of an exercise to explore legal convergence around issues such as data protection, enforcement of foreign judgments and principle of restructuring in Asia.
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Alexa’s recording leak in US ‘echoes’ privacy issues here
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Admin
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May 30, 2018
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Market analyst Sanjay Mehta (name changed) has been keeping his Amazon Echo smart speaker mostly unplugged since reports surfaced last week of the device’s voice assistant, Alexa, inadvertently recording and sending out conversations of a family in the US.
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Design Concerns in Creating Privacy Notices
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by
Saumyaa Naidu
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May 29, 2018
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last modified
Jun 06, 2018 01:45 PM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
The purpose of privacy notices and choice mechanisms is to notify users of the data practices of a system, so they can make informed privacy decisions.
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Emerging Technologies: Issues & Way Forward
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Admin
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published
May 26, 2018
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aayush Rathi and Gurshabad Grover attended a two day conference on 'Emerging Technologies: Issues & Way Forward' organised by the Technology Policy team at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), held on 23rd and 24th May in Bangalore.
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Privacy in the Digital Age: Addressing Common Challenges, Seizing Opportunities
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Admin
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published
May 22, 2018
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last modified
May 24, 2018 10:45 AM
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Privacy
DG Justice and Consumers and European Union is organizing a conference on privacy in the digital age on May 25, 2018 in New Delhi.
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Indian Intermediary Liability Regime: Compliance with the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability
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by
Divij Joshi
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published
May 20, 2018
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last modified
May 20, 2018 03:14 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Intermediary Liability,
Privacy
This report assesses the compliance of the Indian intermediary liability framework with the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability, and recommends substantive legislative changes to bring the legal framework in line with the Manila Principles.
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India's Data Protection Framework Will Need to Treat Privacy as a Social and Not Just an Individual Good
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Amber Sinha
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published
May 18, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
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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