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- Biometrics or bust? India's Identity Crisis — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2013 09:49 AM
- Malavika Jayaram is speaking at an event organized by the Oxford Internet Institute on July 2, 2013. The talk will be held at Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS.
- Concerns over central snoop — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2013 09:33 AM
- Eyebrows have been raised at the Centre’s single-window system to intercept phone calls and internet exchanges — the desi version of the US’s surveillance programme, PRISM — that is expected to roll out this year-end.
- Privacy Protection Bill, 2013 (With Amendments based on Public Feedback) — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 10:50 AM
- In 2013 CIS drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with FICCI and DSCI, with the objective of gaining public feedback to the Privacy Protection Bill and other possible frameworks for privacy in India.
- Indian Language Wikipedia Statistics (September 2012 – April 2013) — by T.Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Aug 23, 2013 01:48 AM
- The Access to Knowledge team carried out a quantitative analysis to identify trends and growth patterns in Indian Language Wikipedias over the time period from September 2012 to April 2013.
- CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 2) - Ram Mohan — by Purba Sarkar — last modified Jul 12, 2013 10:27 AM
- CIS interviews Ram Mohan, a pioneer in the field of Internet security and internationalization, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
- ‘Miracle at Marrakesh’ to help visually impaired read — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:07 AM
- The treaty will make access to books for the visually impaired, blind and print disabled easier.
- Bangalore RHoKed to Create 8 Apps for a Better World! — by Yogesh Londhe — last modified Jul 03, 2013 07:48 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on June 1 and 2, 2013 hosted a Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event at its office. Yogesh Londhe shares with you a post-event report.
- In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 03, 2013 09:31 AM
- Prism, the contentious U.S. data-collection surveillance program, has captured the world’s attention ever since whistle-blower Edward Snowden leaked details of global spying to the Guardian and Washington Post.
- National Resource Kit: The Jharkhand Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Manojna Yeluri — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:14 AM
- The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Jharkhand.
- Internet users enraged over US online spying — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2013 04:10 AM
- India is the fifth most tracked nation by American intelligence agencies.
- Issue of duplication of identities of users under control: Nilekani — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:13 AM
- Nandan Nilekani says UIDAI system almost completely accurate, duplication of identities virtually negligible.
- The Pervert in the Cubicle: Of Pornographers, Pirates and Terrorists: A Talk by Nishant Shah — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 28, 2013 10:10 AM
- Dr. Nishant Shah was a speaker at the 2013 Annenberg - Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute organized by Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania and the Programme for Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford from June 24 to July 5, 2013 at the University of Oxford.
- India's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 03, 2013 11:42 AM
- This was the statement that the Government of India made at the closing of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (17-28 June 2013), after the Marrakesh Treaty (the "Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for the Blind, Visually Impaired and otherwise Print Disabled") was adopted.
- CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jul 03, 2013 12:01 PM
- Pranesh Prakash read out an abridged version of this statement as his closing remarks in Marrakesh, where the WIPO Treaty for the Blind (the "Marrakesh Treaty") has been successfully concluded. The Marrakesh Treaty aims to facilitate access to published works by blind persons, persons with visual impairment, and other print disabled persons, by requiring mandatory exceptions in copyright law to enable conversions of books into accessible formats, and by enabling cross-border transfer of accessible format books.
- A 'Kannada' Wikipedia Workshop for Bloggers — by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Jul 03, 2013 10:19 AM
- On Sunday, June 23, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Suchitra, Bengaluru for Kannada bloggers by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post gives a report on the workshop.
- A Treat for the Blind — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 11, 2013 06:02 AM
- The WIPO treaty will provide copyright exceptions on books making them available to blind people in formats they can use.
- SEBI and Communication Surveillance: New Rules, New Responsibilities? — by Kovey Coles — last modified Jul 12, 2013 10:51 AM
- In this blog post, Kovey Coles writes about the activities of the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), discusses the importance of call data records (CDRs), and throws light on the significant transition in governmental leniency towards access to private records.
- Indian govt blocks 40 smut sites, forgets to give reason — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2013 09:04 AM
- Don't mind us, we're just censoring your content for you...
- The State is Snooping: Can You Escape? — by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Apr 29, 2019 03:09 PM
- Blanket surveillance of the kind envisaged by India's Centralized Monitoring System achieves little, but blatantly violates the citizen's right to privacy; Snehashish Ghosh explores why it may be dangerous and looks at potential safeguards against such intrusion.
- Open Letter to Prevent the Installation of RFID tags in Vehicles — by Maria Xynou — last modified Jul 12, 2013 10:59 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has sent this open letter to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) to urge them not to intall RFID tags in vehicles in India.
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