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Limits to Privacy
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by
Prashant Iyengar
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published
May 06, 2011
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:28 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
In his research article, Prashant Iyengar examines the limits to privacy for individuals in light of the provisions of the Constitution of India, public interest, security of state and maintenance of law and order. The article attempts to build a catalogue of all these justifications and arrive at a classification of all such frequently used terms invoked in statutes and upheld by courts to deprive persons of their privacy.
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Blog
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Privacy
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Digerati See Censorship in New Web Rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2011
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last modified
May 05, 2011 02:21 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Attention Indian bloggers and social media fiends: the next time you’re composing a witty tweet or posting an edgy item on Facebook, please take care that what you’re writing isn’t “grossly harmful” or “harassing” or “ethnically objectionable” or – oh, the humanity! – “disparaging.” This news was published in the Wall Street Journal on May 2, 2011.
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News & Media
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Free expression
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2011
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last modified
May 23, 2011 08:48 AM
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Internet Governance
Free speech and spirited public debate will be the casualties of new rules issued by India restricting Internet content. This news was published in Watertown Daily Times on May 2, 2011.
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Privacy By Design — Conference Report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2011
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last modified
Aug 22, 2011 12:03 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
How do we imagine privacy? How is privacy being built into technological systems? On April 16th,The Center for Internet and Society hosted Privacy by Design, an Open Space meant to answer these questions and more around the topic of privacy. Below is a summary of the conversations and dialogs from the event.
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Blog
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Privacy
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India curbs on Bloggers and Internet
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 29, 2011
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last modified
May 13, 2011 11:59 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Information Technology Rules 2011 (due diligence observed by intermediaries guidelines) by the Indian government could lead to online censorship, feel human rights activists. This article by Ayyappa Prasad was published in TruthDrive on April 29, 2011.
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April 2011 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 29, 2011
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last modified
Jul 30, 2012 10:45 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage:
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Newsletters
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India's cyber cafes going porn-free
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 28, 2011
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last modified
May 06, 2011 04:53 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Pornography fans in India who like to indulge in the sexual eye candy at public cyber cafes may be in for a forced intervention as a new government ruling bans porn websites, requires cafe owners to keep a one-year log of all sites accessed by customers and forces customers to produce an ID card prior to use. This news was published on msnbc.com on April 28, 2011.
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Thousands queue for iPad 2 across Asia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 28, 2011
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last modified
May 23, 2011 07:10 AM
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Internet Governance
The iPad 2 went on sale in countries across Asia and beyond Friday as Apple's updated gadget entered an ever more crowded market. This article written by Joyce Woo was published by AFP on April 28, 2011.
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New internet rules open to arbitrary interpretation
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 27, 2011
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last modified
May 06, 2011 04:58 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Six years after an e-commerce CEO's arrest for a pornographic CD sold from his website, the government has introduced a liability on intermediaries such as Facebook and Google to "act within 36 hours" of receiving information about offensive content. This article by Manoj Mitta & Javed Anwer was published in the Times of India on April 27, 2011.
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India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 27, 2011
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last modified
May 01, 2011 02:20 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Free speech advocates and Internet users are protesting new Indian regulations restricting Web content that, among other things, can be considered “disparaging,” “harassing,” “blasphemous” or “hateful.” This article by Vikas Bajaj was published in the New York Times on April 27, 2011.
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