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by Sumandro Chattapadhyay last modified Mar 30, 2016 11:09 AM

The UK DNA Database and the European Court of Human Rights

by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 10, 2012 10:19 AM
October 10, 2012

A presentation by Dr. Helen Wallace, Director, GeneWatch, UK

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Transparency and Privacy

by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 28, 2014 04:54 AM
October 10, 2012

The two concepts, transparency and privacy, can be both opposing and inter related. On one level the protection of individual privacy is achieved through institutional and governmental transparency, as transparency of actions taken by the government or private sector, concerning the individuals works to inspire trust. On another level situations of privacy and transparency bring out the question of how the public good should be balanced against public and private interests.

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A Public Meeting on DNA Profiling Bill in Delhi

by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Oct 10, 2012 10:58 AM
October 03, 2012

On September 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet and Society hosted a public talk at the Indian International Centre focused on the draft DNA Profiling Bill. Presenting at the meeting were international experts Dr. Helen Wallace, director of GeneWatch UK and Jeremy Gruber, president and executive director of the Council for Responsible Genetics US, and Dr. Anupuma Raina, senior scientist at AIIMs.

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Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition)

by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Sep 06, 2012 11:52 AM

Pranesh Prakash does preliminary analysis on a leaked list of the websites blocked from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 by the Indian government.

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