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Electoral Databases – Privacy and Security Concerns
— by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Jan 16, 2014 11:07 AMIn this blogpost, Snehashish Ghosh analyzes privacy and security concerns which have surfaced with the digitization, centralization and standardization of the electoral database and argues that even though the law provides the scope for protection of electoral databases, the State has not taken any steps to ensure its safety.
Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 1: Foundations
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 23, 2014 03:12 PMIn this insightful seven-part series, Gautam Bhatia looks at surveillance and the right to privacy in India from a constitutional perspective, tracing its genealogy through Supreme Court case law and compares it with the law in the USA.
India's Identity Crisis
— by Malavika Jayaram — last modified Jan 09, 2014 07:56 AMMalavika Jayaram's article was published in 2013 Internet Monitor Annual Report: Reflections on the Digital World, published by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Internet Monitor
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 09, 2014 07:33 AMMalavika's piece on India's Identity Crisis is published in this report.
Letter requesting public consultation on position of GoI at WGEC
— by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Jan 08, 2014 06:36 PMSnehashish Ghosh on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society sent a letter to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, requesting for a public consultation on India's position at the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC).
Big Brother is watching you
— by Chinmayi Arun — last modified Jan 06, 2014 09:31 AMIndia has no requirements of transparency whether in the form of disclosing the quantum of interception or in the form of notification to people whose communication was intercepted.
Brochures from Expos on Smart Cards, e-Security, RFID & Biometrics in India
— by Maria Xynou — last modified Dec 26, 2013 05:24 AMElectronics Today organised a series of expos on smart cards, e-security, RFID and biometric technology in Delhi on 16-18 October 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is sharing the brochures it collected from these public expos for research purposes.
Consilience Speakers Profile
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 11, 2013 10:11 AMDocument Actions