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Blog Entry Re: The Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2012
by Bhairav Acharya — published Oct 09, 2013 — last modified Oct 29, 2013 10:00 AM — filed under: , ,
This short note speaks to legal issues arising from the proposed Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2012 ("DBT Bill") that was circulated drafted under the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, which seeks to collect human DNA samples, profile them and store them. These comments are made clause-by-clause against the DBT Bill.
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Blog Entry Concerns Regarding DNA Law
by Bhairav Acharya — published Oct 09, 2013 — last modified Oct 29, 2013 10:09 AM — filed under: , ,
Recently, a long government process to draft a law to permit the collection, processing, profiling, use and storage of human DNA is nearing conclusion. There are several concerns with this government effort. Below, we present broad-level issues to be kept in mind while dealing with DNA law.
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Blog Entry The National Cyber Security Policy: Not a Real Policy
by Bhairav Acharya — published Sep 25, 2013 — last modified Sep 25, 2013 09:49 AM — filed under: ,
Cyber security in India is still a nascent field without an organised law and policy framework. Several actors participate in and are affected by India's still inchoate cyber security regime. The National Cyber Security Policy (NCSP) presented the government and other stakeholders with an opportune moment to understand existing legal limitations before devising a future framework. Unfortunately, the NCSP's poor drafting and meaningless provisions do not advance the field.
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Blog Entry Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013: Updated Third Draft
by Bhairav Acharya — published Sep 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 01, 2013 12:25 PM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society has been researching privacy in India since 2010 with the objective of raising public awareness around privacy, completing in depth research, and driving a privacy legislation in India. As part of this work, we drafted the Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013.
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Blog Entry Comments on the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011
by Bhairav Acharya — published Mar 31, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 12:13 PM — filed under: , ,
Bhairav Acharya on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society prepared the following comments on the Sensitive Personal Data Rules. These were submitted to the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the 15th Lok Sabha.
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Blog Entry Comments on the Information Technology (Electronic Service Delivery) Rules, 2011
by Bhairav Acharya — published Mar 31, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 12:12 PM — filed under: , ,
Bhairav Acharya on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society prepared the following comments on the Information Technology (Electronic Services Delivery) Rules, 2011. These were submitted to the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the 15th Lok Sabha. These were submitted to the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the 15th Lok Sabha.
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Blog Entry Open Call for Comments: The Privacy Protection Bill 2013 drafted by the Centre for Internet and Society
by Bhairav Acharya — published Feb 25, 2014 — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society is announcing an Open Call for Comments to the CIS Privacy Protection Bill 2013.
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Blog Entry Privacy Law in India: A Muddled Field - I
by Bhairav Acharya — published Apr 15, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 06:17 AM — filed under: ,
The absence of a statute expressing the legislative will of a democracy to forge a common understanding of privacy is a matter of concern, says BHAIRAV ACHARYA in the first of a two part series.
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Blog Entry Legislating for Privacy - Part II
by Bhairav Acharya — published May 20, 2014 — last modified May 28, 2014 09:59 AM — filed under: ,
Apart from the conflation of commercial data protection and privacy, the right to privacy bill has ill-informed and poorly drafted provisions to regulate surveillance.
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Blog Entry The Privacy (Protection) Bill 2013: A Citizen's Draft
by Bhairav Acharya — published Mar 26, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:50 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society has been researching privacy in India since 2010 with the objective of raising public awareness around privacy, completing in depth research, and driving a privacy legislation in India. As part of this work, Bhairav Acharya has drafted the Privacy (Protection) Bill 2013.
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