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- Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications
- There's a worrying trend around the world for governments to extend online surveillance capabilities to encompass all citizens -- often justified with the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 09:12 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Issue of duplication of identities of users under control: Nilekani
- Nandan Nilekani says UIDAI system almost completely accurate, duplication of identities virtually negligible. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:13 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Facebook, Google deny spying access
- The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:18 AM — Filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Cyber experts suggest using open source software to protect privacy
- Big Brother is watching. With the Central Monitoring System (CMS) at home and PRISM from the US, millions of users worldwide have become vulnerable to online ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 03, 2013 04:32 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar
- Prism, the contentious U.S. data-collection surveillance program, has captured the world’s attention ever since whistle-blower Edward Snowden leaked details of ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 03, 2013 09:31 AM — Filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Report on CIS' Workshop at the IGF:'An Evidence Based Framework for Intermediary Liability'
- An evidence based framework for intermediary liability' was organised to present evidence and discuss ongoing research on the changing definition, function and ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Sep 24, 2014 10:47 AM — Filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance Forum, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
- CIS contributes to ABLI Compendium on Regulation of Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data in Asia
- The Asian Business Law Institute, based in Singapore published a compendium on “Regulation of cross-border transfer of personal data in Asia”. This was part ... by Amber Sinha and Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jun 03, 2018 03:10 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Why NPCI and Facebook need urgent regulatory attention
- The world’s oldest networked infrastructure, money, is increasingly dematerialising and fusing with the world’s latest networked infrastructure, the Internet. by Sunil Abraham — last modified Jun 12, 2018 02:07 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance, Privacy
- The AI Task Force Report - The first steps towards India’s AI framework
- The Task Force on Artificial Intelligence was established by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to leverage AI for economic benefits, and provide policy ... by Elonnai Hickok, Shweta Mohandas and Swaraj Paul Barooah — last modified Jun 27, 2018 02:32 PM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy
- Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting
- The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 01, 2011 11:59 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Intellectual Property Rights, Piracy, Censorship, WIPO
- How Function Of State May Limit Informed Consent: Examining Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill
- The collective implication of leaving out ‘proportionality’ from Clause 12 is to provide very wide discretionary powers to the state. by Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 01, 2022 02:56 PM — Filed under: Data Governance, Internet Governance, Data Protection, Privacy
- Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill And Digital Healthcare: A Case Study
- In light of the state’s emerging digital healthcare apparatus, how does Clause 12 alter the consent and purpose limitation model? by Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 01, 2022 03:07 PM — Filed under: Data Governance, Internet Governance, Data Protection, Privacy
- Aadhaar marks a fundamental shift in citizen-state relations: From ‘We the People’ to ‘We the Government’
- Your fingerprints, iris scans, details of where you shop. Compulsory Aadhaar means all this data is out there. And it’s still not clear who can view or use it. by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 04, 2017 04:10 PM — Filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Bengaluru cops' twitter handle in ethical storm
- The city's privacy activists are among the most strident in trying to prevent the Union government from gaining unprecedented access to citizens' personal ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 07, 2017 02:38 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Privacy, what? Bengaluru police leaks 46,000 phone numbers on Twitter
- Bengaluru police made the biggest goof up of all time by releasing private information of people who called 100 to complain since April 2015 and was seemingly ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 07, 2017 02:57 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- It’s the technology, stupid
- Eleven reasons why the Aadhaar is not just non-smart but also insecure. by Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 07, 2017 12:53 PM — Filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Reliance Jio data leaked on website : report
- Reliance Jio customer data was leaked on independent website magicapk.com, including details such as names, mobile numbers and email IDs , said a report. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 10, 2017 02:53 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Social Activist Alleges Threat By Police Officer Over Possession of Aadhaar
- Social activist Shabnam Hashmi recorded a policeman telling her those without address proof and Aadhaar could be “eliminated”. by Admin — last modified Jul 20, 2017 02:31 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Should an Inability to Precisely Define Privacy Render It Untenable as a Right?
- The judges may still be able to articulate the manner in which limits for a right to privacy may be arrived at, without explicitly specifying them. by Amber Sinha — last modified Aug 04, 2017 01:49 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
- Privacy is not a unidimensional concept
- Right to privacy is important not only for our negotiations with the information age but also to counter the transgressions of a welfare state. A robust right ... by Amber Sinha — last modified Aug 07, 2017 08:02 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Aadhaar, Data Protection, Privacy
- The All India Privacy Symposium: Conference Report
- Privacy India, the Centre for Internet and Society and Society in Action Group, with support from the International Development Research Centre, Privacy ... by Natasha Vaz — last modified Apr 30, 2012 05:16 AM — Filed under: Featured, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Will Only Legal Backing For Aadhaar Suffice?
- Aadhaar is set to become mandatory, but the opponents of the scheme are not amused. Concerns about privacy of the Aadhaar number and the authenticity of the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 16, 2016 02:31 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Press Release, March 11, 2016: The Law cannot Fix what Technology has Broken!
- We published and circulated the following press release on March 11, 2016, as the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other ... by Japreet Grewal and Sunil Abraham — last modified Mar 16, 2016 10:10 AM — Filed under: UID, Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics
- List of Recommendations on the Aadhaar Bill, 2016 - Letter Submitted to the Members of Parliament
- On Friday, March 11, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. The Bill was ... by Amber Sinha, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Sunil Abraham, and Vanya Rakesh — last modified Mar 21, 2016 08:50 AM — Filed under: UID, Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics, Homepage
- A scheme in India to help the poor raises privacy concerns
- India’s legislators are on Wednesday debating a law that would allow the government to collect biometric and demographic information from people in return for ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 17, 2016 03:08 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Vulnerabilities in the UIDAI Implementation Not Addressed by the Aadhaar Bill, 2016
- In this infographic, we document the various issues in the Aadhaar enrolment process implemented by the UIDAI, and highlight the vulnerabilities that the ... by Pooja Saxena and Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 21, 2016 08:33 AM — Filed under: UID, Big Data, Privacy, Internet Governance, Infographic, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics
- The National Privacy Principles
- In this infographic, we try to break down the National Privacy Principles developed by the Group of Experts on Privacy led by the Former Chief Justice A.P. ... by Pooja Saxena and Amber Sinha — last modified Mar 21, 2016 09:48 AM — Filed under: Data Protection, Privacy
- Aadhaar: Govt will not compromise on national security
- The government is confident that the Aadhaar Bill will be passed. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 22, 2016 03:51 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- India Still Trying To Turn Optional Aadhaar Identification Number Into A Mandatory National Identity System
- from the sliding-down-the-slippery-slope-to-disaster dept by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 24, 2016 06:34 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- ‘By weakening our security, govt is putting us at risk of espionage’
- After the BlackBerry encryption and IT Act fiascos of recent years, the government last week sent yet another cyber policy howler, the Draft National ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 02, 2015 03:09 AM — Filed under: Internet Governance, Encryption Policy, Privacy
