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2012: Privacy Highlights in India
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Feb 12, 2013 12:39 PMIn this blog post, Elonnai Hickok summarizes the top privacy moments of 2012 in India. In doing so she lists out the major ones like the Report of Group of Experts on Privacy, the RIM Standoff, the Nira Radia controversy, the Centralized Monitoring System, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, NATGRID, CCTNS, the growth of CCTVs, the leaked DNA Profiling Bill, and the UID project.
A Comparison of Indian Legislation to Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:40 PMThis blog post is a comparison of the relevant Indian legislations allowing governmental access to communications and the Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications. The principles, first drafted in October 2012 and developed subsequently seeks to establish an international standard for surveillance of communications in the context of human rights.
Data Retention in India
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:51 PMAs part of its privacy research, the Centre for Internet and Society has been researching upon data retention mandates from the Government of India and data retention practices by service providers. Globally, data retention has become a contested practice with regards to privacy, as many governments require service providers to retain more data for extensive time periods, for security purposes. Many argue that the scope of the retention is becoming disproportional to the purpose of investigating crimes.
Five Frequently Asked Questions about the Amended ITRs
— by Chinmayi Arun — last modified Jan 30, 2013 05:36 AMThis piece discusses the five major questions that have been the subject of debate after the World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT). The politics surrounding the WCIT are not discussed here but it must be kept in mind that they have played a significant role in the outcome of the conference and in some of the debates about it.
TV versus Social Media: The Rights and Wrongs
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jan 21, 2013 03:09 AMFor most ordinary Netizens, everyday speech on social media has as much impact as graffiti in a toilet, and therefore employing the 'principle of equivalence' will result in overregulation of new media.
Web of Sameness
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jan 18, 2013 06:17 AMThe social Web has been an ominous space at the start of 2013. It has been awash with horror, pain and grief. The recent gang rape and death of a medical student in Delhi prevents one from being too optimistic about the year to come. My live feeds on various social networks are filled with rue and rage at the gruesome incident and the seeming depravity of our society.
Draft International Principles on Communications Surveillance and Human Rights
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:55 PMThese principles were developed by Privacy International and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and seek to define an international standard for the surveillance of communications. The Centre for Internet and Society has been contributing feedback to the principles.
Statement of Solidarity on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Internet Users in Bangladesh
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 15, 2013 11:51 AMThis is a statement on the violent attack on blogger Asif Mohiuddin by the participants to the Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression that took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 14–15, 2013.
No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 09, 2013 05:56 PMThe Government of India has taken our advice and reconstituted the Cyber Regulations Advisory Commitee. But there is no representation of Internet users, citizens, and consumers — only government and industry interests.
Mining the Web Collective
— by Sharath Chandra Ram — last modified Jan 06, 2013 11:48 PMIn March 2012, Dr Bruno Latour and his team from the Sciences Po Media Lab organized a workshop that assembled a selected group of researchers from India to explore methods of Controversy Mapping. It was hosted by Dr J. Srinivasan, Director of the Divecha Centre for Climate Change at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
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