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(Updated) Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar Numbers with sensitive personal financial information
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by
Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali
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published
May 01, 2017
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last modified
Mar 13, 2019 12:29 AM
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filed under:
Digital ID,
Privacy,
NDSAP,
Data Protection,
Accountability,
Featured,
Data Governance,
Aadhaar,
Digitisation,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Data Management
Since its inception in 2009, the Aadhaar project has been shrouded in controversy due to various questions raised about privacy, technological issues, welfare exclusion, and security concerns. In this study, we document numerous instances of publicly available Aadhaar Numbers along with other personally identifiable information (PII) of individuals on government websites. This report highlights four government projects run by various government departments that have made sensitive personal financial information and Aadhaar numbers public on the project websites.
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Internet Governance
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
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by
Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda
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published
Apr 23, 2017
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filed under:
Openness,
Featured,
FOSS,
Homepage
Centre for Internet & Society worked on a three part case study. The first case study on digital protection of traditional knowledge was published by GIS Watch in December 2016. The other two case studies along with the synthesis overview has also been published.
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Openness
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Net Neutrality Resources
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 29, 2017
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last modified
Apr 22, 2017 09:11 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
Submissions by the Centre for Internet and Society to TRAI and DoT, 2015-2017.
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Internet Governance
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Resources
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Survey on Data Protection Regime
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by
Aditi Chaturvedi and Elonnai Hickok
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published
Feb 10, 2017
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last modified
Feb 10, 2017 10:47 AM
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filed under:
General Data Protection Regulation,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Data Protection,
Homepage
We request you to take part in this survey aimed at understanding how various organisations view the changes in the Data Protection Regime in the European Union. Recently the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 was passed, which shall replace the present Data Protection Directive DPD 95/46/EC. This step is likely to impact the way of working for many organisations. We are grateful for your voluntary contribution to our research, and all information shared by you will be used for the purpose of research only. Questions that personally identify you are not mandatory and will be kept strictly confidential.
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Blog
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Comments on the Report of the Committee on Digital Payments (December 2016)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha
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published
Jan 12, 2017
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last modified
Jan 12, 2017 12:32 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Digital ID,
Big Data,
Digital Economy,
Digital Access,
Privacy,
Digital Security,
Data Revolution,
Digital Payment,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Data Protection,
Demonetisation,
Homepage,
Featured,
Aadhaar
The Committee on Digital Payments constituted by the Ministry of Finance and chaired by Ratan P. Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog, submitted its report on the "Medium Term Recommendations to Strengthen Digital Payments Ecosystem" on December 09, 2016. The report was made public on December 27, and comments were sought from the general public. Here are the comments submitted by the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks
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by
Japreet Grewal, Pranesh Prakash, Sharath Chandra, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Sunil Abraham, and Udbhav Tiwari, with expert comments from Amelia Andersdotter
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published
Dec 12, 2016
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last modified
Dec 12, 2016 01:59 PM
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filed under:
Digital Payment,
Public Wireless Network,
TRAI,
Internet Governance,
Telecom,
Featured,
Aadhaar,
Homepage,
UID
This submission presents responses by the CIS on the Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks published by the TRAI on November 15, 2016. Our analysis of the solution proposed in the Note, in brief, is that there is no need of a solution for non-existing interoperability problem for authentication and payment services for accessing public Wi-Fi networks. The proposed solution in this Note only adds to over-regulation in this sector, and does not incentivise new investment in the sector, but only establishes UIDAI and NPCI as the monopoly service providers for authentication and payment services.
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Telecom
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Blog
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Indian Newspapers' Digital Transition
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by
Zeenab Aneez
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published
Dec 09, 2016
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last modified
Dec 09, 2016 07:12 AM
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filed under:
Digital News,
RAW Publications,
Researchers at Work,
Research,
Digital Media,
Featured,
Publications,
Homepage
This report examines the digital transition underway at three leading newspapers in India, the Dainik Jagran in Hindi, English-language Hindustan Times, and Malayala Manorama in Malayalam. Our focus is on how they are changing their newsroom organisation and journalistic work to expand their digital presence and adapt to a changing media environment. The report comes out of a collaboration between the CIS and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, and was supported by the latter. The research was undertaken by Zeenab Aneez, with contributions from Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Vibodh Parthasarathi, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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RAW
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The Technology behind Big Data
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by
Geethanjali Jujjavarapu and Udbhav Tiwari
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published
Nov 30, 2016
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last modified
Dec 04, 2016 09:53 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Homepage
The authors undertakes a high-level literature review of the most commonly used technological tools and processes in the big data life cycle. The big data life cycle is a conceptual construct that can be used to study the various stages that typically occur in collecting, storing and analysing big data, along with the principles that can govern these processes.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2017 (IRC17) - Selection of Sessions
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 16, 2016
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last modified
Dec 12, 2016 01:37 PM
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filed under:
Internet Studies,
Internet Researcher's Conference,
Researchers at Work,
Featured,
Learning,
IRC17,
Homepage
We have a wonderful range of session proposals for the second Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC17) to take place in Bengaluru on March 03-05, 2017. From the 23 submitted session proposals, we will now select 10 to be part of the final Conference agenda. The selection will be done through votes casted by the teams that have proposed the sessions. This will take place in December 2016. Before that, we invite the session teams and other contributors to share their comments and suggestions on the submitted sessions. Please share your comments by December 14, either on session pages directly, or via email (sent to raw at cis-india dot org).
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RAW
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Internet's Core Resources are a Global Public Good - They Cannot Remain Subject to One Country's Jurisdiction
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Nov 09, 2016
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last modified
Nov 14, 2016 06:39 AM
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filed under:
ICANN,
Homepage,
Internet Governance
This statement was issued by 8 India civil society organizations, supported by 2 key global networks, involved with internet governance issues, to the meeting of ICANN in Hyderabad, India from 3 to 9 November 2016. The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 8 organizations that drafted this statement.
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