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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 13) - Pranesh Prakash
— by Purba Sarkar — last modified Jan 20, 2014 06:20 AMCIS interviews Pranesh Prakash, lawyer and policy director with Centre for Internet and Society, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
Brochures from Expos on Smart Cards, e-Security, RFID & Biometrics in India
— by Maria Xynou — last modified Dec 26, 2013 05:24 AMElectronics Today organised a series of expos on smart cards, e-security, RFID and biometric technology in Delhi on 16-18 October 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is sharing the brochures it collected from these public expos for research purposes.
I Just Pinged to Say Hello
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Nov 30, 2013 08:36 AMA host of social networks find us more connected than ever before, but leave us groping for words in the digital space.
CIS Supports the UN Resolution on “The Right to Privacy in the Digital age”.
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Nov 30, 2013 07:25 AMThe United Nations adopted the resolution on the right to privacy recently. It recognised privacy as a human right, integral to the right to free expression, and also declared that mass surveillance could have negative impacts on human rights.
Seventh Privacy Round-table
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Nov 20, 2013 09:58 AMOn October 19, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in collaboration with the Federation for Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Data Security Council of India, and Privacy International held a “Privacy Round-table” in New Delhi at the FICCI Federation House.
Why 'Facebook' is More Dangerous than the Government Spying on You
— by Maria Xynou — last modified Nov 23, 2013 08:38 AMIn this article, Maria Xynou looks at state and corporate surveillance in India and analyzes why our "choice" to hand over our personal data can potentially be more harmful than traditional, top-down, state surveillance. Read this article and perhaps reconsider your "choice" to use social networking sites, such as Facebook.
First Look: CIS Cybersecurity documentary film
— by Purba Sarkar — last modified Dec 17, 2013 08:16 AMCIS presents the trailer of its documentary film DesiSec: Cybersecurity & Civil Society in India
CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 12) - Namita Malhotra
— by Purba Sarkar — last modified Nov 18, 2013 10:03 AMCIS interviews Namita Malhotra, researcher and lawyer at Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
Interview with Caspar Bowden - Privacy Advocate and former Chief Privacy Adviser at Microsoft
— by Maria Xynou — last modified Nov 06, 2013 08:16 AMMaria Xynou recently interviewed Caspar Bowden, an internationally renowned privacy advocate and former Chief Privacy Adviser at Microsoft. Read this exciting interview and gain an insight on India's UID and CMS schemes, on the export of surveillance technologies, on how we can protect our data in light of mass surveillance and much much more!
Open Secrets
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Nov 30, 2013 08:21 AMWe need to think of privacy in different ways — not only as something that happens between people, but between you and corporations.
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