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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.
India's Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderism
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 26, 2012 01:45 PMCyber-laws in India are severely flawed, with neither lawyers nor technologists being able to understand them, and the Cyber-Law Group in DEIT being incapable of framing fair, just, and informed laws and policies. Pranesh Prakash suggests they learn from the DEIT's Internet Governance Division, and Brazil, and adopt multi-stakeholderism as a core principle of Internet policy-making.
Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines Rules
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 03, 2012 09:35 AMRajya Sabha MP, Shri P. Rajeev has moved a motion that the much-criticised Intermediary Guidelines Rules be annulled.
How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That)
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AMWithout getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services, and how it makes it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed.
Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 08, 2011 11:31 AMWe are maintaining a rolling blog with press references to the row created by the proposal by the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology to pre-screen user-generated Internet content.
India's Statement Proposing UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Oct 31, 2011 03:28 PMThis is the statement made by India at the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in which its proposal for the UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy was presented.
Analysis of DIT's Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 02, 2011 09:26 AMIn this blog post, Pranesh Prakash briefly analyses the DIT's response to an RTI request on website blocking alongside the most recent edition of Google's Transparency Report, and what it tells us about the online censorship regime in India.
Sixth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, Nairobi: A Summary
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 24, 2011 09:09 AMThe sixth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum was held from 27 to 30 September 2011 at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya. Sunil Abraham participated in six workshops: Privacy, Security, and Access to Rights: A Technical and Policy Analyses, Use of Digital Technologies for Civic Engagement and Political Change: Lessons Learned and Way Forward, The Impact of Regulation: FOSS and Enterprise, Proprietary Influences in Free and Open Source Software: Lessons to Open and Universal Internet Standards, Access and Diversity of Broadband Internet Access and Putting Users First: How Can Privacy be Protected in Today’s Complex Mobile Ecosystem?
Design!Public II in Bangalore ― Event Report
— by Yelena Gyulkhandanyan — last modified Oct 20, 2011 08:48 AMDesign Public, a high-level conclave on innovation, took place in Bangalore at the National Gallery for Modern Art on October 14, 2011. The event was organized by the Centre for Knowledge Societies in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society, the Centre for Law and Policy Research, Mint, and others. The conclave brought together industry experts, scholars, and activists to create a dialogue about design and innovation in the public interest. This blog post captures the developments as it happened on this day.
SCOSTA and UID Comparison not Valid, says Finance Committee
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Nov 22, 2011 04:37 PMThe Standing Committee on Finance Branch, Lok Sabha Secretariat has responded to the suggestions offered by CIS on the National Identification Authority of India, Bill 2010 and has requested it to mail its views by 14 October 2011.
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