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- UID: The World’s Largest Biometric Database — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 23, 2011 02:04 AM
- At the start of his presentation, Sunil Abraham pointed to two aerial drawings of cybercafes: one where each computer was part of a private booth, and one where the computers were in the open so the screens would be visible to any one. Which layout would be more friendly to women, and why, Abraham wanted to know. Some participants selected the first option, liking the idea of the privacy, while others liked the second option so that the cybercafe owner would be able to monitor users’ activities.
- People are Knowledge – Experimenting with Oral Citations on Wikipedia — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society in association with the Wikimedia Foundation has produced a documentary film "People are Knowledge". The film evolved out of a project on Oral Citations in India and South Africa funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, and undertaken by Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board Member Achal Prabhala as a short-term fellowship, to help overcome a lack of published materials in emerging languages on Wikipedia. New Delhi-based filmmaker Priya Sen has directed the film, with additional assistance from Zen Marie who handled the shooting in South Africa. The film explores how alternate methods of citation could be employed on Wikipedia, documenting a series of specific situations with regards to published knowledge, and subsequently, with oral citations.
- Opening Government: A Guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and Civic Engagement across the Public Sector — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM
- The Transparency & Accountability Initiative has published a book called “Opening Government: A Guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and Civic Engagement across the Public Sector”. We at the Centre for Internet & Society contributed the section on Open Government Data.
- Privacy Matters, Guwahati — Event Report — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 26, 2011 10:31 AM
- On June 23, a public seminar on “Privacy Matters” was held at the Don Bosco Institute in Karhulli, Guwahati. It was organised by IDRC, Society in Action Group, IDEA Chirang, an NGO initiative working with grassroots initiatives in Assam, Privacy India and CIS and was attended by RTI activists and grass roots NGO representatives from across the North Eastern region: Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland, Assam and Sikkim. The event focused on the challenges and concerns of privacy in India.
- Webcam Anti-Corruption in India (NY Times) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 20, 2011 09:59 AM
- In India, Oomen Chandy (67), governor of the state of Kerala, who wants to fight against corruption, has installed a webcam filming his office 24 hours on 24 and another who is filming one of his assistants, reports The New York Times. This news by Gilles Klein was published in @rret Sur Images on 18 July 2011.
- NYT lauds Oommen Chandy’s 24/7 office webcast — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 20, 2011 07:06 AM
- The Kerala chief minister Mr Oommen Chandy’s much hyped 24/7 webcast of his office has received global attention with the New York Times coming out with an article on the initiative.
- Right to Privacy Bill 2010 — A Few Comments — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Mar 22, 2012 06:26 AM
- Earlier this year, in February 2011, Rajeev Chandrasekhar introduced the Right to Privacy Bill, 2010 in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill is meant to “provide protection to the privacy of persons including those who are in public life”. Though the Bill states that its objective is to protect individuals’ fundamental right to privacy, the focus of the Bill is on the protection against the use of electronic/digital recording devices in public spaces without consent and for the purpose of blackmail or commercial use.
- Transparent Government, via Webcams in India — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 21, 2011 05:41 AM
- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India — Little Brother is watching you. That is the premise for the webcam that a top government official here has installed in his office, as an anticorruption experiment. Goings-on in his chamber are viewable to the public, 24/7.
- Privacy & Media Law — by Sonal Makhija — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM
- In her research, Sonal Makhija, a Bangalore-based lawyer, tries to delineate the emerging privacy concerns in India and the existing media norms and guidelines on the right to privacy. The research examines the existing media norms (governed by Press Council of India, the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 and the Code of Ethics drafted by the News Broadcasting Standard Authority), the constitutional protection guaranteed to an individual’s right to privacy upheld by the courts, and the reasons the State employs to justify the invasion of privacy. The paper further records, both domestic and international, inclusions and exceptions with respect to the infringement of privacy.
- When Data Means Privacy, What Traces Are You Leaving Behind? — by Noopur Raval — last modified Nov 24, 2011 09:24 AM
- How do you know yourself to be different from others? What defines the daily life that you live and the knowledge you produce in the span of this life? Is all that information yours or are you a mere stakeholder on behalf of the State whose subject you are? What does privacy really mean? In a society that is increasingly relying on information to identify people, collecting and archiving ‘personal’ details of your lives, your name, age, passport details, ration card number, call records etc, how private is your tweet, status update, text message or simply, your restaurant bill?
- My Experiment with Scam Baiting — by Sahana Sarkar — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM
- Today, as I am sure many of you have experienced, Internet scams are widespread and very deceptive. As part of my research into privacy and the Internet, I decided to follow a scam and attempt to fully understand how Internet scams work, and what privacy implications they have for Internet users. Though there are many different types of scams that take place over the Internet —identity scams, housing scams, banking scams— just to name a few. I decided to look in depth at the lottery scam.
- RTI and Third Party Information: What Constitutes the Private and Public? — by Noopur Raval — last modified Nov 24, 2011 09:21 AM
- The passing of the Right to Information Act, 2005 was seen as giving an empowering tool in the hands of the citizens of India, six years post its implementation, loopholes have surfaced with misuse of the many fundamental concepts, which have yet not been defined to allow for a consistent pattern of decisions. Among many problems that emerge with the Act, a major problem is defining the extent to which an individual has access to other people’s information. While most of us tend to think that asking for other people’s phone numbers, personal details like passport number or IT returns are private and would be kept so, under the RTI Act and as seen in the Central Information Commission (CIC) decisions, all of these details can be availed of by someone who doesn’t know you at all!
- Don't Shoot the Messenger: Speech on Intermediary Liability at 22nd SCCR of WIPO — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jun 01, 2012 03:01 PM
- This is a speech made by Pranesh Prakash at an side-event co-organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internet Society on intermediary liability, to coincide with the release of Prof. Lillian Edwards's WIPO-commissioned report on 'Role and Responsibility of the Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright'.
- Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective (Revised Edition 2011) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:27 AM
- A G3ict White Paper researched and edited by the Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India. Editor: Nirmita Narasimhan, Revised edition: May 2011
- The Walls Have Ears — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 06, 2011 06:26 AM
- The proposed Privacy Bill seems skewed towards the state rather than the citizen, writes Saikat Datta. This news was published in the Outlook magazine, issue, July 11, 2011.
- Aadhaar’s moment of truth — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 05, 2011 07:16 AM
- It’s time for the unique identity project to answer tough questions it has dodged so far, writes MA Arun in the Deccan Herald.
- Sorry Wrong Number — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 08, 2011 04:11 AM
- The government’s ambitious project to give a unique identification number to every Indian citizen is running woefully behind schedule. T.V. Jayan investigates the problems that beset the project. The news was published in the Telegraph on 3 July 2011.
- The Centre for Internet and Society - Bulletin - July '11 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2011 06:43 AM
- Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage. Subscribe to our newsletter and get monthly updates in your inbox and read it at your convenience. The newsletter issue of June 2011 can be accessed here! Click below to download previous issues.
- Statement of CIS, India, on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 22nd SCCR — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:41 AM
- The twenty-second session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from June 15 to June 24, 2011. Nirmita Narasimhan and Pranesh Prakash are attending the conference. CIS delivered its statement, on the Broadcast Treaty, and made it available in print form as well.
- Privacy and Security Can Co-exist — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:05 AM
- The blanket surveillance the Centre seeks is not going to make India more secure, writes Sunil Abraham in this article published in Mail Today on June 21, 2011.
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