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- Aadhaar privacy: Key issues that all Aadhaar card holders should bear in mind — by Admin — last modified Jul 20, 2017 02:18 PM
- As the Supreme Court hears petitions whether the right to privacy is a fundamental right, there are some key aspects that Aadhar Card holders should bear in mind, especially, because the government has made Aadhaar mandatory for a number of schemes and official purposes, including the filing of income tax returns.
- Indians Call For More Stringent Data Protection Laws — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 18, 2017 01:36 PM
- The government is India is facing calls to establish better cybersecurity laws to protect consumers’ data after fears have crept up that Reliance Jio, the telecom startup in India, suffered a major data leak.
- Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance — by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Oct 13, 2017 04:32 AM
- India requires every patentee to file an annual statement, also known as “Form 27”, describing the working of each of its issued Indian patents. If a patent is not locally worked within three years of its issuance, any person may request a compulsory license, and if the patent is not adequately worked within two years of the grant of such a compulsory license, it may be revoked. The research paper on Form 27 practices and compliance by patentees authored by Prof Jorge L. Contreras, University of Utah, and Rohini Lakshané, Centre for Internet and Society has been accepted for publication in the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law.
- Digital native: Not only words — by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 07, 2017 03:33 PM
- Emoticons, or if you prefer the original Japanese word emojis, are everywhere. We are used to emoticons in all shapes and sizes — from animated gifs jumping out at us on our social media feed to yellow-faced smileys that we use to add tone and feeling, nuance and layers to our text-heavy conversations in the digital world.
- Centre to form panel to 'encrypt' MGNREGA-DBT database and prevent leaks — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 14, 2017 10:46 AM
- Around 5 crore bank accounts of active MGNREGA workers yet to be seeded with Aadhaar.
- Supreme Court sets up constitution bench to hear Aadhaar privacy issues — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 14, 2017 10:55 AM
- The Supreme Court ‘s five-judge constitution bench will also decide if the Aadhaar privacy issue should be heard by a larger bench.
- Course Packs for Education Ruled Legal in India — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jul 14, 2017 04:05 AM
- On 9 May 2017, a five year court battle between publishers and universities finally came to an end when the Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal by the Indian Reprographic Rights Organization (IRRO) challenging an earlier judgment of Delhi High Court that ruled course packs in India legal for educational purposes.
- Reliance Jio data leaked on website : report — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 10, 2017 02:53 PM
- Reliance Jio customer data was leaked on independent website magicapk.com, including details such as names, mobile numbers and email IDs , said a report.
- Act now to protect yourself against future ransomware attacks — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 10, 2017 02:46 PM
- There was Wannacry, then Petya, and several other lesser-known ones: With ransomware attacks coming thick and fast, get proactive about protecting yourself.
- How It Came To Be: Wiki Loves Uniformed Services — by Guest blogger: Krishna Chaitanya Velaga — last modified Jul 10, 2017 04:14 AM
- Disabled demand rollback of GST on aids — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2017 02:21 AM
- It has been eight years since Mansoor Ahmed changed his caliper. The one he owns was bought for Rs 20,000. Now, they cost more than double. “It is a challenge to buy a caliper when the cost of living has gone up so much. I know really poor people who haven't changed calipers in 15-20 years. After a point, it could cause the disability to worsen,“ says Ahmed, a senior manager with a Bengaluru-based non-profit.
- IViR Summer Course on Privacy Law and Policy — by Admin — last modified Aug 23, 2017 02:00 AM
- attended the 2016 IViR Summer Course on International Privacy Law as a beneficiary of the OSF Civil Society Scholarship in Amsterdam from July 3 to 7, 2017.
- Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Faculty Orientation Report — by Ananth Subray — last modified Aug 03, 2017 04:45 AM
- Christ University faculty were given an orientation for the upcoming year on the Wikipedia Education Program
- Plagiarism is rampant in Indian food writing – but finally, bloggers have a way to fight it — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 06, 2017 03:53 PM
- “We have been cheated,” declared the headline of the blog post making the rounds of social media on April 25.
- UIDAI declining multiple requests by police to share Indian citizens’ biometrics — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 06, 2017 03:25 PM
- The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the governing agency in charge of Aadhaar, has declined multiple requests from all law enforcement agencies, including the Delhi Police, for biometrics of citizens for criminal investigations, according to a report by The Indian Express.
- Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Internship — by Manasa Rao and Ananth Subray — last modified Jul 05, 2017 09:33 AM
- Data Protection: Understanding the General Data Protection Regulation — by Aditi Chaturvedi — last modified Jul 04, 2017 04:12 PM
- As recently as May 27, 2016, the General Data Protection Regulation (REGULATION (EU) 2016/679) (hereinafter referred to as GDPR) was adopted. The Data Protection Directive (1995/46/EC) (hereinafter referred to as DPD) will be replaced by this Regulation.
- Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 03, 2017 02:39 AM
- Imposing taxes on assistive devices is unfair. The countdown has begun to the implementation of the GST in India. Over the past month, discussions about the GST have dominated the scene with several groups protesting in strong measure about the impact on their business.
- Second Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 08, 2017 12:33 AM
- Rohini Lakshane attended the round-table organized by CIIPC, National Law University, Delhi, in Bangalore on July 2, 2017.
- Indian Patent Office updates Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions, yet again — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jul 05, 2017 07:42 AM
- By discarding a test brought into force last year, the updated Guidelines take no concrete position to help clarify the ambiguity around patentability of software inventions in India.
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