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Privacy Matters — Medical Privacy
— by Natasha Vaz — last modified Jul 10, 2012 01:41 PMOn June 30, 2012, Privacy India in partnership with the Indian Network for People living with HIV/AIDS, Centre for Internet & Society, IDRC, Society in Action Group, with support from London-based Privacy International, held a public discussion on "Medical Privacy" at the Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration.
Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on ‘Internet Rights, Accessibility, Regulation & Ethics’
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 25, 2012 10:22 AMDigital Empowerment Foundation, Association for Progressive Communications, Department of Information Technology and National Internet Exchange of India came together to organize an event on "Internet Rights, Accessibility, Regulation & Ethics". This was held at Mirza Ghalib Hall, SCOPE Complex, New Delhi from 9.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on May 3, 2012. Pranesh Prakash was a speaker.
How Facebook is Blatantly Abusing our Trust
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 28, 2012 12:42 PM‘Don’t fix it, if it ain’t broken’ is not an adage Facebook seems to subscribe to. Nishant Shah's column on privacy and Facebook was published in First Post on June 27, 2012.
Securing e-Governance
— by Natasha Vaz — last modified Jun 26, 2012 06:45 AMOn June 16, 2012, Privacy India in partnership with the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, International Development Research Centre, Canada, Privacy International, UK and the Society in Action Group, Gurgaon organised a public discussion on “Securing e-Governance: Ensuring Data Protection and Privacy”, at the Ahmedabad Management Association.
Beyond Anonymous: Shit people say on Internet piracy
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 13, 2012 02:01 PMThis post is a series of provocations around piracy, censorship and the state of Internet in India. Like all good tasting things, these observations need to be taken with a pinch of salt. But it is the hope of the author that this serves as a response to otherwise very persistent voices that have been demonizing file-sharing online.
IPv6: Embrace The Change
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 13, 2012 06:09 AMA moment of transition is always filled with anxiety. There is concern over the unknown and there is a reluctance to move out of the familiar. However, a transition does not necessarily mean migration; or in other words, as we transition to IPv6 as the new protocol for digital and electronic communication, it does not mean that we are going to abandon the internet as we know it.
IPv6: The Transition Challenge
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 13, 2012 09:59 AMThe future of our connected networks is Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). Not only is it more efficient and faster than IPv4 which we are currently working with, it is also more reliable and secure.
IPv6: The First Steps
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 05, 2012 07:18 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society has entered into a small collaboration with Tata Telecommunications in India to celebrate the IPv6 day on June 6th. We will write 5500 word vignettes, which will be sent to their global database consisting of more than 900,000 users in the Asia-Pacific.
The Web of Our Strife
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jun 04, 2012 05:45 AMAt the 66th session of the UN General Assembly, India proposed the formation of a Committee on Internet-Related Policies (CIRP) to address what it sees as a policy vacuum in internet governance.
Beyond Sharing: Towards our Digital Futures
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jun 01, 2012 04:39 AMThe battle is not about file sharing and a petty film producer wanting to rake in the box office earnings. It is about the law’s incapacity to deal with post-analogue practices and processes.
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