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- Launch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati University — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:43 AM
- The Assamese Wikipedia community has shown a rapid growth in the past six months from 20 active editors in January 2012 to 29 active editors in June 2012. The absolute numbers might seem low but in terms of percentages its an overwhelming increment of 45 per cent.
- Privacy law mooted to protect people against misuse of info — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 22, 2012 10:25 AM
- A government-appointed expert group today suggested enactment of a law to protect individuals against misuse of information collected through telephone tapping, videography or any other method.
- Experts' committee moots law to protect privacy — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 22, 2012 10:18 AM
- In its report submitted to the Planning Commission on Thursday, the first ever experts’ group to identify the privacy issues and prepare a report to facilitate authoring of the privacy bill, has said that existing laws have created an ‘unclear regulatory regime’ which allows a state to be intrusive.
- Govt panel wants curbs on phone taps — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 22, 2012 09:57 AM
- A government-appointed panel on Thursday recommended several measures, including guidelines on interception of telephonic conversations, video and audio recordings, use and storage of data as well as setting up of dispute resolution entities at Centre and state-level to protect the privacy of individuals.
- Privacy Act should not circumscribe RTI: expert group — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 22, 2012 09:36 AM
- An expert group to draw the framework of a law to protect privacy of individuals has suggested that issues of personal privacy must not be used to dilute the provisions of or block information under the Right to Information Act, and used a language that almost directly contradicts the sentiments expressed by the Prime Minister in this regard just a few days ago.
- Bill to create bank for DNA profiling of accused coming — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 22, 2012 09:15 AM
- Access to data only for victim’s or suspect’s relatives.
- Court’s approval needed to tap phones: Panel — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 22, 2012 07:02 AM
- Investigators can monitor a person for 15-20 days on executive orders in case of emergencies, suggests panel.
- Nine-point code set out to safeguard personal information — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 22, 2012 06:42 AM
- A. P. Shah panel lists exceptions; suggests privacy commissioners.
- Privacy law mooted to protect people against misuse of info — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 22, 2012 06:35 AM
- A government-appointed expert group on Thursday suggested enactment of a law to protect individuals against misuse of information collected through telephone tapping, videography or any other method.
- The Supreme Court Delivers — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Dec 21, 2012 09:57 AM
- Now, the spectrum and licence issues need resolution. On September 27, 2012, the Supreme Court of India delivered the opinion of a bench comprising five Judges on the Presidential Reference regarding the auction of 2G spectrum.
- Wikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, Ghaziabad — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jan 07, 2013 04:30 PM
- The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet & Society was approached by Gaurav Prashar, Assistant Dean at Inmantec College, Ghaziabad to organize a Wikipedia workshop. Accordingly, a workshop was organized on October 17, 2012.
- Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects! — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 04, 2012 02:03 PM
- Kannada Wikipedia is one of those Indic language wikipedias which has seen many readers coming up every month. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the experiences of some of the very active Kannada wikipedians from the recent Kannada Wikipedia meetup held in Bengaluru on October 7, 2012.
- WIPO General Assemblies Approve Road Map on Treaty for the Visually Impaired — by Rahul Cherian — last modified Oct 11, 2012 10:34 AM
- In a significant development the 50th session of Assemblies of WIPO member states reached a breakthrough decision on how to complete negotiations on a pact to improve access to copyrighted works for the many visually impaired or print disabled people around the world.
- Could better DNA testing facilities in India have saved the Talwars? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 11, 2012 09:44 AM
- Over the last decade, the use of DNA tests to solve crimes has seen a significant rise in crime investigation in India. But forensic experts warn that the absence of standard practices, quality checks and regulation has resulted in irresponsible and inaccurate application of the technology.
- New Trends in Industry Self-Governance — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 04, 2012 11:37 AM
- Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK and Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Nominet, UK is organising this workshop on November 7, 2012 at the seventh annual IGF meeting to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. This workshop will be held in Conference Room 2, from 4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. Sunil Abraham is one of the panelists at this workshop.
- Governing Identity on the Internet — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 04, 2012 09:06 AM
- Security, openness and privacy will be discussed at this workshop to be held at the IGF 2012 on November 8, 2012 from 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Malavika Jayaram, a fellow at CIS is one of the panelists confirmed for participation.
- Civil rights in the digital age, about the impact the Internet has on civil rights — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 04, 2012 08:50 AM
- Malavika Jayaram, fellow of CIS is a panelist at this workshop to be held at the IGF 2012 in Azerbaijan.
- Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 4 Live Blog: Closing Remarks — by Jadine Lannon — last modified Oct 09, 2012 06:27 AM
- The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
- Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 4 Live Blog: Namita A Malhotra on Amateur Pornography — by Jadine Lannon — last modified Oct 09, 2012 06:23 AM
- The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
- Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 4 Live Blog: Wendy Chun on Friends — by Jadine Lannon — last modified Oct 09, 2012 06:18 AM
- The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
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