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Nine-point code set out to safeguard personal information
A. P. Shah panel lists exceptions; suggests privacy commissioners. by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 22, 2012 06:42 AM — Filed under: ,
Bill to create bank for DNA profiling of accused coming
Access to data only for victim’s or suspect’s relatives. by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 22, 2012 09:15 AM — Filed under: ,
India To Let Private Companies Access Citizens’ Biometric Data
India, home to the world’s largest national biometric registry, plans to begin sharing citizens’ data with the country’s private companies and startups. by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 27, 2017 03:09 PM — Filed under: ,
Rethinking National Privacy Principles: Evaluating Principles for India's Proposed Data Protection Law
This report is intended to be the first part in a series of white papers that CIS will publish which seeks to contribute to the discussions around the ... by Amber Sinha last modified Sep 11, 2017 02:22 AM — Filed under: ,
India: Privacy Bill will likely reflect EU Directive
The Indian Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) called for comments - on 25 February 2014 - on a draft Privacy Protection Bill ('the Bill'). The draft Bill ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:45 AM — Filed under: ,
Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 3: The Public/Private Distinction and the Supreme Court’s Wrong Turn
After its decision in Gobind, the Supreme Court's privacy floodgates opened; a series of claims involving private parties came before its docket, and the ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Mar 06, 2014 11:02 PM — Filed under: , ,
New privacy Bill more refined & has wider ambit, say experts
But creates wide exceptions for government agencies. by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 03, 2014 11:06 AM — Filed under: ,
Parties give short shrift to privacy
Both the Congress and BJP vision documents disappoint, but the real surprise is the CPI-M document that deals with cyber issues in a substantial manner. by Prasad Krishna last modified May 05, 2014 05:54 AM — Filed under: ,
Legislating for Privacy - Part II
Apart from the conflation of commercial data protection and privacy, the right to privacy bill has ill-informed and poorly drafted provisions to regulate ... by Bhairav Acharya last modified May 28, 2014 09:59 AM — Filed under: ,
A Review of the Functioning of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal and Adjudicatory Officers under the IT Act
Tribunals and quasi-judicial bodies are a regular feature of the Indian judicial system, as they provide for easier and less onerous methods for dispute ... by Divij Joshi last modified Jul 03, 2014 05:43 AM — Filed under: , ,
Indian government websites: Gold mine for cybercriminals
If you are a cybercriminal trying to commit identity theft or digitally impersonate a citizen, you have help from the unlikeliest of sources — the Government ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 31, 2014 06:18 AM — Filed under: ,
Despite apex court order, IOC proceeds with Aadhaar-linked DBT
Once DBT starts, there is no other method to avail of subsidy: IOC official. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 31, 2014 06:50 AM — Filed under: , ,
Election panel rejects Google’s proposal for electoral services tie-up
EC had earlier signed a non-disclosure agreement with Google but had not shared or handed over any data to the Internet giant so far. by Prasad Krishna last modified Jan 31, 2014 08:58 AM — Filed under: ,
"Whatever happened to Privacy?" - International Activism Conference
Maria Xynou gave a keynote speech and participated as a panelist on the "Suspect Societies" panel. The event was organized by Heinrich Boell Foundation in ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Feb 03, 2014 05:56 AM — Filed under: ,
India second in keeping tabs on netizens
India ranks second globally in accessing private details of its citizens, next only to the US, if the latest data from Google is to be believed. by Prasad Krishna last modified Nov 15, 2012 09:04 AM — Filed under: ,
India second in requesting user info: Google
India is at second place after the US in terms of the government requests for user data from Google by Prasad Krishna last modified Nov 15, 2012 09:40 AM — Filed under: ,
India's Contribution to Internet Governance Debates
India's Contribution to Internet Governance Debates", an article by Sunil Abraham, Mukta Batra, Geetha Hariharan, Swaraj Barooah and Akriti Bopanna, was ... by Sunil Abraham, Mukta Batra, Geetha Hariharan, Swaraj Barooah and Akriti Bopanna last modified Aug 16, 2018 03:38 PM — Filed under: , , ,
DNA ‘Evidence’: Only Opinion, Not Science, And Definitely Not Proof Of Crime!
On August 9, 2018, the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 was introduced in the Lok Sabha and we commented on some key aspects of it ... by Elonnai Hickok and Murali Neelakantan last modified Aug 22, 2018 12:43 AM — Filed under: , ,
An Analysis of the CLOUD Act and Implications for India
India houses the second largest population in the world at approximately 1.35 billion individuals. In such a diverse and dense context, law enforcement could ... by Elonnai Hickok and Vipul Kharbanda last modified Aug 22, 2018 02:55 PM — Filed under: , ,
Consumer Care Society: Silver Jubilee Year Celebrations
Arindrajit Basu delivered a talk the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Consumer Care Society (CCS )on 'Privacy and Security in the Age of the Internet. by Arindrajit Basu last modified Aug 27, 2018 01:51 PM — Filed under: ,
20 years of Google: Privacy, fake news and the future
Google once directed you to information. Today, it’s often the source of information, using data you and others have shared, often without you realising it. ... by Admin last modified Aug 30, 2018 02:49 AM — Filed under: ,
Celebrating One Year of the Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India Judgment
Shweta Mohandas was a panelist at the event, "Celebrating One Year of the Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India Judgment", organised by Indian Council for ... by Admin last modified Aug 30, 2018 02:53 AM — Filed under: ,
The Srikrishna Committee Data Protection Bill and Artificial Intelligence in India
Artificial Intelligence in many ways is in direct conflict with traditional data protection principles and requirements including consent, purpose limitation, ... by Amber Sinha and Elonnai Hickok last modified Sep 03, 2018 01:29 PM — Filed under: , ,
Artificial Intelligence in the Governance Sector in India
The use of Artificial Intelligence has the potential to ameliorate several existing structural inefficiencies in the discharge of governmental functions. Our ... by Arindrajit Basu and Elonnai Hickok last modified Sep 14, 2018 11:37 AM — Filed under: ,
National Health Stack: Data For Data’s Sake, A Manmade Health Hazard
On Oct. 5, 2017, an HIV positive woman was denied admission in Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital even though she was entitled to free treatment under ... by Murali Neelakantan, Swaraj Barooah, Swagam Dasgupta and Torsha Sarkar last modified Sep 16, 2018 05:01 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Symposium on Data Privacy and Citizen's Rights
Shweta Mohandas was a panelist at the Symposium on Data Privacy and Citizen's Rights on September 9, 2018. The Symposium was organised by the Tech Law Forum of ... by Admin last modified Sep 18, 2018 03:18 PM — Filed under: ,
Gender and Privacy: Countering the Patriarchal Gaze
Ambika Tandon participated in a workshop on privacy and gender which was organized by Privacy International in United Kingdom on September 13 and 14, 2018. ... by Admin last modified Sep 19, 2018 01:48 AM — Filed under: ,
Conference on Data Protection
Sunil Abraham and Amber Sinha participated in a conference on data protection at NIPFP in New Delhi on September 4, 2018. The event was organized by National ... by Admin last modified Sep 20, 2018 02:47 PM — Filed under: ,
Forecasting the Implications of the CLOUD Act Around the World
Elonnai Hickok participated in the event organized by the Global Network Initiative at the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. on September 18, ... by Admin last modified Sep 20, 2018 03:51 PM — Filed under: ,
Networked Economies and Gender Action Learning
Elonnai Hickok, Sunil Abraham and Ambika Tandon participated in a meeting organized by IDRC for grantees under their networked economies programme to discuss ... by Admin last modified Oct 02, 2018 03:10 AM — Filed under: , ,