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Workshop on Feminist Information Infrastructure
— by Ambika Tandon — last modified Jul 09, 2019 03:35 PMThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) organised a workshop on feminist infrastructure in collaboration with Blank Noise and Sangama, on 29th October, 2018. The purpose of the workshop was to disseminate the findings from a two-month long project being undertaken by researchers at Blank Noise and Sangama, with research support and training from CIS.
Will the WTO Finally Tackle the ‘Trump’ Card of National Security?
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified May 08, 2019 02:22 PMThe election of Donald Trump has marked a foundational challenge to the rules-based international order based on “free and fair trade”.
An Analysis of the RBI’s Draft Framework on Regulatory Sandbox for Fintech
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified May 08, 2019 01:57 PMThe term Fintech is generally used to describe innovative technology and technological processes being used in the financial services sector.
Why the TikTok ban is worrying
— by Gurshabad Grover — last modified May 05, 2019 10:11 AMRather than critically examining the infringement of liberties by the political executive, the Indian courts are becoming an additional threat to the right to freedom of expression, which we must be increasingly wary of.
How privacy fares in the 2019 election manifestos | Opinion
— by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon — last modified May 02, 2019 01:49 AMWe now have a rights-based language around privacy in the mainstream political discourse but that’s where it ends.
FinTech in India: A Study of Privacy and Security Commitments
— by Aayush Rathi and Shweta Mohandas — last modified May 02, 2019 11:20 AMThe unprecedented growth of the fintech space in India has concomitantly come with regulatory challenges around inter alia privacy and security concerns. This report studies the privacy policies of 48 fintech companies operating in India to better understand some of these concerns.
International Cooperation in Cybercrime: The Budapest Convention
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Apr 29, 2019 10:35 PMIn today’s increasingly digitized world where an increasing volume of information is being stored in the digital format, access to data generated by digital technologies and on digital platforms is important in solving crimes online and offline.
CIS Response to ICANN's proposed renewal of .org Registry
— by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Apr 28, 2019 02:16 AMWe thank ICANN for the opportunity to comment on this issue of its proposed renewal of the .org Registry Agreement with the operator, Public Interest Registry (PIR). Supporting much of the community , we too find severe issues with the proposed agreement. These centre around the removal of price caps and imposing obligations being currently deliberated in an ongoing Policy Development Process (PDP).

To preserve freedoms online, amend the IT Act
— by Gurshabad Grover — last modified Apr 16, 2019 10:09 AMLook into the mechanisms that allow the government and ISPs to carry out online censorship without accountability.
Programme Officer - Privacy
— by Amber Sinha — last modified Apr 15, 2019 06:53 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Officer, to undertake public policy research on privacy and related themes. For this position, we will hire one full time researcher, to be based in the Delhi office of CIS, for the duration of one year.
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