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Blog Entry Video Surveillance and Its Impact on the Right to Privacy
by Vaishnavi Chillakuru — published Jul 23, 2011 — last modified Sep 29, 2011 05:35 AM — filed under: ,
The need for video surveillance has grown in this technologically driven era as a mode of law enforcement. Video Surveillance is very useful to governments and law enforcement to maintain social control, recognize and monitor threats, and prevent/investigate criminal activity. In this regard it is pertinent to highlight that not only are governments using this system, but residential communities in certain areas are also using this system to create a safer environment.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
UID: The World’s Largest Biometric Database
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 23, 2011 — filed under:
At the start of his presentation, Sunil Abraham pointed to two aerial drawings of cybercafes: one where each computer was part of a private booth, and one where the computers were in the open so the screens would be visible to any one. Which layout would be more friendly to women, and why, Abraham wanted to know. Some participants selected the first option, liking the idea of the privacy, while others liked the second option so that the cybercafe owner would be able to monitor users’ activities.
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Privacy Matters, Guwahati — Event Report
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 21, 2011 — last modified Aug 26, 2011 10:31 AM — filed under: ,
On June 23, a public seminar on “Privacy Matters” was held at the Don Bosco Institute in Karhulli, Guwahati. It was organised by IDRC, Society in Action Group, IDEA Chirang, an NGO initiative working with grassroots initiatives in Assam, Privacy India and CIS and was attended by RTI activists and grass roots NGO representatives from across the North Eastern region: Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland, Assam and Sikkim. The event focused on the challenges and concerns of privacy in India.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
NYT lauds Oommen Chandy’s 24/7 office webcast
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 20, 2011 — filed under:
The Kerala chief minister Mr Oommen Chandy’s much hyped 24/7 webcast of his office has received global attention with the New York Times coming out with an article on the initiative.
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Blog Entry Right to Privacy Bill 2010 — A Few Comments
by Elonnai Hickok — published Jul 20, 2011 — last modified Mar 22, 2012 06:26 AM — filed under: ,
Earlier this year, in February 2011, Rajeev Chandrasekhar introduced the Right to Privacy Bill, 2010 in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill is meant to “provide protection to the privacy of persons including those who are in public life”. Though the Bill states that its objective is to protect individuals’ fundamental right to privacy, the focus of the Bill is on the protection against the use of electronic/digital recording devices in public spaces without consent and for the purpose of blackmail or commercial use.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
Transparent Government, via Webcams in India
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 20, 2011 — last modified Jul 21, 2011 05:41 AM — filed under:
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India — Little Brother is watching you. That is the premise for the webcam that a top government official here has installed in his office, as an anticorruption experiment. Goings-on in his chamber are viewable to the public, 24/7.
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Blog Entry Privacy & Media Law
by Sonal Makhija — published Jul 19, 2011 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM — filed under: ,
In her research, Sonal Makhija, a Bangalore-based lawyer, tries to delineate the emerging privacy concerns in India and the existing media norms and guidelines on the right to privacy. The research examines the existing media norms (governed by Press Council of India, the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 and the Code of Ethics drafted by the News Broadcasting Standard Authority), the constitutional protection guaranteed to an individual’s right to privacy upheld by the courts, and the reasons the State employs to justify the invasion of privacy. The paper further records, both domestic and international, inclusions and exceptions with respect to the infringement of privacy.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
Blog Entry When Data Means Privacy, What Traces Are You Leaving Behind?
by Noopur Raval — published Jul 18, 2011 — last modified Nov 24, 2011 09:24 AM — filed under: ,
How do you know yourself to be different from others? What defines the daily life that you live and the knowledge you produce in the span of this life? Is all that information yours or are you a mere stakeholder on behalf of the State whose subject you are? What does privacy really mean? In a society that is increasingly relying on information to identify people, collecting and archiving ‘personal’ details of your lives, your name, age, passport details, ration card number, call records etc, how private is your tweet, status update, text message or simply, your restaurant bill?
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
Blog Entry My Experiment with Scam Baiting
by Sahana Sarkar — published Jul 15, 2011 — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM — filed under: ,
Today, as I am sure many of you have experienced, Internet scams are widespread and very deceptive. As part of my research into privacy and the Internet, I decided to follow a scam and attempt to fully understand how Internet scams work, and what privacy implications they have for Internet users. Though there are many different types of scams that take place over the Internet —identity scams, housing scams, banking scams— just to name a few. I decided to look in depth at the lottery scam.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog / Privacy
Blog Entry RTI and Third Party Information: What Constitutes the Private and Public?
by Noopur Raval — published Jul 12, 2011 — last modified Nov 24, 2011 09:21 AM — filed under:
The passing of the Right to Information Act, 2005 was seen as giving an empowering tool in the hands of the citizens of India, six years post its implementation, loopholes have surfaced with misuse of the many fundamental concepts, which have yet not been defined to allow for a consistent pattern of decisions. Among many problems that emerge with the Act, a major problem is defining the extent to which an individual has access to other people’s information. While most of us tend to think that asking for other people’s phone numbers, personal details like passport number or IT returns are private and would be kept so, under the RTI Act and as seen in the Central Information Commission (CIC) decisions, all of these details can be availed of by someone who doesn’t know you at all!
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