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Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 06, 2012 09:39 AMThe report covers international privacy principles, national privacy principles, rationale and emerging issues along with an analysis of relevant legislations/bills from a privacy perspective.
Q&A to the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Nov 09, 2012 10:20 AMIn January 2012 Justice A.P. Shah formed a committee consisting of a group of experts to contribute to and create a report of recommendations for a privacy legislation in India. The committee met a total of seven times from January to September 2012. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) was a member of the committee creating the report. This blog post is CIS’s attempt to answer questions that have arisen from media coverage on the report, based on our understanding.
Rethinking DNA Profiling in India
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Oct 29, 2012 08:00 AMDNA profile databases can be useful tools in solving crime, but given that the DNA profile of a person can reveal very personal information about the individual, including medical history, family history and so on, a more comprehensive legislation regulating the collection, use, analysis and storage of DNA samples needs included in the draft Human DNA Profiling Bill.
Privacy Perspectives on the 2012 -2013 Goa Beach Shack Policy
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Oct 25, 2012 10:23 AMCCTVs in India are increasingly being employed by private organizations and the government in India as a way to increase security and prevent/ deter crime from taking place. When the government mandates the use of CCTV’s for this purpose, it often does so by means of a blunt policy mandate, requiring the installation of CCTV systems, but without any further clarification as to who should oversee the use of the cameras, what bodies should have access to the records, how access should be granted or obtained, and how long the recordings should be retained.
Forensic DNA Databases
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 10, 2012 10:57 AMA presentation by Jeremy Gruber
The UK DNA Database and the European Court of Human Rights
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 10, 2012 10:19 AMA presentation by Dr. Helen Wallace, Director, GeneWatch, UK
Transparency and Privacy
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 28, 2014 04:54 AMThe 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.
A Public Meeting on DNA Profiling Bill in Delhi
— by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Oct 10, 2012 10:58 AMOn 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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— by https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawn7liIdR1OSJiqxdpWnzS2rDXxgHgmvPTg — last modified Aug 28, 2012 06:39 PMThis analysis has also been quoted at Tech2.in.com http://tech2.in.com/news/services/some-isps-block-wordpress-domain-across-india/392092
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