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The National Privacy Roundtable Meetings
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by
Bhairav Acharya
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published
Sep 19, 2013
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last modified
Mar 21, 2014 10:03 AM
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filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet & Society ("CIS"), the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ("FICCI"), the Data Security Council of India ("DSCI") and Privacy International are, in partnership, conducting a series of national privacy roundtable meetings across India from April to October 2013. The roundtable meetings are designed to discuss possible frameworks to privacy in India.
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Privacy and Surveillance in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 13, 2013
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Sunil Abraham, Executive Director from the Centre for Internet and Society will give a talk on privacy and surveillance in India at this event organised by the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia on September 18, 2013. The talk will be held at Network Governance Lab, CCMG, Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi at 11.30 a.m.
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Transparency Reports — A Glance on What Google and Facebook Tell about Government Data Requests
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by
Prachi Arya
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published
Sep 12, 2013
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last modified
Sep 13, 2013 09:44 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Transparency Reports are a step towards greater accountability but how efficacious are they really?
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Privacy Law Must Fit the Bill
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Sep 09, 2013
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last modified
Sep 12, 2013 06:25 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
The process of updating Indian privacy policy has gained momentum ever since the launch of the UID project and also the leak of the Radia tapes. The Department of Personnel and Training has lead the drafting of privacy bill for the last three years. This bill will ideally articulate privacy principles and establish the office of the privacy commissioner and most importantly have an over-riding effect over 50 odd existing laws, rules and policies with privacy implications.
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An Interview with Suresh Ramasubramanian
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Sep 06, 2013
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filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Suresh Ramasubramanian is the ICS Quality Representative - IBM SmartCloud at IBM. We from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted an interview on cybersecurity and issues in the Cloud.
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The Personal Data (Protection) Bill, 2013
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by
Prachi Arya
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published
Aug 30, 2013
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last modified
Aug 30, 2013 02:53 PM
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SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Below is the text of the Personal Data (Protection) Bill, 2013 as discussed at the 6th Privacy Roundtable, New Delhi held on 24 August 2013.
Note: This version of the Bill caters only to the Personal Data regime. The surveillance and privacy of communications regime was not discussed at the 6th Privacy Roundtable.
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Report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable Meeting, New Delhi
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by
Prachi Arya
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published
Aug 30, 2013
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last modified
Aug 30, 2013 03:04 PM
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SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In 2013 the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and DSCI, with the objective of gaining public feedback to the Privacy Protection Bill and other possible frameworks for privacy in India. The following is a report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable held in New Delhi on August 24, 2013.
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India's Internet Privacy Woes
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 27, 2013
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last modified
Sep 05, 2013 11:09 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
“For the sake of national security and to protect the privacy of its citizens, India should develop its own social media platforms,” says Dr Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO of Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a Nasscom-promoted ‘self-regulatory’ organisation on data protection and privacy in India, in a blog post dated August 13.
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Dear Milind Deora, Prakash Javadekar Deserved The Truth
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 22, 2013
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last modified
Sep 05, 2013 10:38 AM
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Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Milind Deora, the Minister of State for Communications, Information Technology and Shipping, isn’t your typical politician.
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Freedom from Monitoring: India Inc Should Push For Privacy Laws
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Aug 21, 2013
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filed under:
Central Monitoring System,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
More surveillance than absolutely necessary actually undermines the security objective.
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