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Nothing to Kid About – Children's Data Under the New Data Protection Bill
— by Shweta Mohandas and Anamika Kundu — last modified Mar 10, 2022 01:19 PMThe pandemic has forced policymakers to adapt their approach to people's changing practices, from looking at contactless ways of payment to the shifting of educational institutions online.
Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill And Digital Healthcare: A Case Study
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 01, 2022 03:07 PMIn light of the state’s emerging digital healthcare apparatus, how does Clause 12 alter the consent and purpose limitation model?
How Function Of State May Limit Informed Consent: Examining Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 01, 2022 02:56 PMThe collective implication of leaving out ‘proportionality’ from Clause 12 is to provide very wide discretionary powers to the state.
CIS Comments and Recommendations on the Data Protection Bill, 2021
— by Pallavi Bedi and Shweta Mohandas — last modified Feb 14, 2022 04:07 PMThis document is a revised version of the comments we provided on the 2019 Bill on 20 February 2020, with updates based on the amendments in the 2021 Bill.
Notes for India as the digital trade juggernaut rolls on
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Feb 09, 2022 03:04 PMSitting out trade negotiations could result in the country losing out on opportunities to shape the rules.
Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board: Policy on Cross-checks
— by [in alphabetical order] Anamika Kundu, Digvijay Singh, Divyansha Sehgal and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Feb 09, 2022 05:31 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted public comments to the Facebook Oversight Board on a policy consultation.
What does the 2022 Finance Bill mean for crypto-assets in India?
— by Vipul Kharbanda, Aman Nair — last modified Feb 03, 2022 06:31 AMCall for respondents: the implementation of government-ordered censorship
— by Gurshabad Grover and Divyansha Sehgal — last modified Jan 04, 2022 08:10 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society is conducting interviews with people whose content has been affected by blocking orders from the Indian Government.
Online caste-hate speech: Pervasive discrimination and humiliation on social media
— by Damni Kain, Shivangi Narayan, Torsha Sarkar and Gurshabad Grover — last modified Dec 15, 2021 10:55 AMA research report on the contours of online caste-hate speech and how social media platforms moderate such expression.
Report on Regulation of Private Crypto-assets in India
— by Aman Nair, Vipul Kharbanda, Aryan Gupta — last modified Jan 27, 2022 09:16 AMDocument Actions
